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mouth of the Lord. — DEUT. viii. 3. 

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. —JOHN i. 14. 



BOSTON : 
PUBLISHED BY GINN BROTHERS. 

1872. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, 

BY JAMES C. PARSONS, 

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



T5t Transfer 
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University Press : Welch, Bigelow, & Co., 

Cambridge. 



PREFACE. 



The aim of this little book is easy to be 
stated. It is to aid in the presentation of 
those fundamental religious truths which are 
nowhere else so practically recognized and so 
sublimely expressed as in the Semitic Script- 
ures known as the Holy Bible. 

The personal attributes of the Supreme Be- 
ing, as evidenced in his guiding presence with 
humanity; the conscious relation of man to 
him, through the moral sense and spiritual 
affections, as evidenced in the life of Jesus ; 
and the essential immortality of a life thus hid 
with Christ in God, as evidenced in its triumph 
over mortal conditions, — these are the truths 
which, having in them the quality of inspira- 
tion, constitute an inexhaustible source of 
quickening influence upon the soul. They 
open forever new depths of spiritual contem- 



IV PREFACE. 

plation, and forever new springs of living im- 
pulse. They are that deep well of waters 
springing up into everlasting life. 

A serious disadvantage in the reading of the 
Bible in the family, school, and church arises 
from the difficulty of making, upon the occa- 
sion, a continuous selection of passages setting 
forth the same general truth or lesson. The 
effort has here been made to provide such a 
selection. The method used was to gather 
from the entire Bible, irrespective of historical 
sequence, all utterances appealing to the uni- 
versal religious sentiment or the Christian 
consciousness, and then to classify them by a 
natural system, suggested by the obvious 
meaning of the passages themselves, rather 
than by any sectarian theory of interpretation. 

It is believed that such a book is a demand 

of the times, and will be eminently useful. 

Only as it shall prove itself so will it vindicate 

its claim to existence. 

J. C. P. 

Waltham, May, 1872. 



CONTENTS. 

♦— 

GOD. Page 

His Existence I 

His Spiritual, Eternal Nature 2 

His Presence 3 

His Power. — I. In Nature 4 

His Power. — II. Among Men 9 

His Wisdom and Knowledge 1 1 

His Righteousness and Moral Government ... 13 

His Love 15 

His Help 19 

His Promises 21 

Man. 

His Spiritual Origin and Nature 25 

His Moral Sense and Accountability 27 

Moral and Religious Precepts 30 

Sin and its Consequences 33 

Repentance and Forgiveness 37 

Obedience and its Consequences. 

I. Welfare 38 

II. Security . 39 

III. Wisdom 40 

IV. Peace 41 

V. God's Favor and Eternal Life 42 

Seeking the Spirit 44 

Prayer . . . . . . ., . .46 

Conquering Temptation 49 



VI CONTENTS. 

Truth and Honesty 50 

Purity of Thought and Speech 51 

Temperance 53 

The Strange Woman 54 

A Virtuous Woman . .55 

Parents and Children 56 

Work 57 

Faith, Courage, and Zeal 58 

Trust and Content 60 

Wisdom: Human and Divine 62 

Humility . . .65 

Putting away Wrath 67 

Patience 69 

Charity and Forgiveness 70 

Doing Good to Others 72 

Love 74 

Human Brotherhood 7 6 

Spiritual Life 76 

Death 80 

Comfort in Sorrow 82 

Immortal Life 84 

The Spirit of Jesus. 

His Obedience 86 

His overcoming Temptation 87 

His Faithfulness to his Mission ..... 89 

His following God's Will 91 

His Patience and Forgiveness 91 



CONTENTS. Vll 

His doing Good to others 93 

His Sympathy with Goodness 94 

His Communion with God 95 

Following after the Spirit of Jesus .... 96 

Prayer and Praise. 

Ascription of Greatness 98 

Eternity of God 99 

The Wonders of his Creation 100 

The Source of Life 102 

Thanks for Human Life 103 

Protecting Providence 104 

Thanks for Deliverance 106 

Thanks for Guidance no 

Desiring Comfort in Sorrow in 

Faith and Confidence 113 

For Forgiveness 114 

The Mercy of God 116 

Trust 117 

God's Blessing on the Righteous 118 

The Security of the Righteous 118 

Prayer for Wisdom 120 

Sense of God's Presence 121 

Devout Love 122 

Morning Devotion 123 

Praise for Daily Benefits 125 

Thanks for Rain 126 

In Storm and Tempest 127 

Thankful Praise 128 

Joyful Worship 129 

Praise from all People 130 

Praise from all Nature 130 

Praise with Music 131 

Glory in the Highest 13 2 

Benediction 133 



THE LIVING WORD 



GOD. 



HIS EXISTENCE. 

The place whereon thou standest is holy 
ground. 

There is one God and Father of all, who is 
above all, and through all, and in you all. 

In him we live, and move, and have our 
being. 

Know therefore this day, and consider it in 
thine heart, that the Lord he is God, in heaven 
above, and upon the earth beneath ; there is 
none else. 

Of him, and through him, and to him are all 
things ; to whom be glory forever. 

He that cometh to God must believe that he 
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that 
diligently seek him. 



2 THE LIVING WORD. 

HIS SPIRITUAL, ETERNAL NATURE. 

No man hath seen God at any time. 

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; 
and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on 
the left hand, where he doth work, but I can- 
not behold him ; he hideth himself on the right 
hand, that I cannot see him ; but he knoweth 
the way that I take. 

Canst thou by searching find out God ? 
Canst thou find out the Almighty unto per- 
fection ? 

God is great, and we know him not, neither 
can the number of his years be searched out. 

God that made the world and all things 
therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and 
earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; 
neither is worshipped with men's hands, as 
though he needed anything, seeing he giveth 
to all life, breath, and all things ; and hath 
made of one blood all nations of men to dwell 
on all the face of the earth, and hath deter- 
mined the times before appointed, and the 
bounds of their habitation ; that they should 
seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after 
him, and find him, though he be not far from 



god: his presence. 3 

every one of us. For in him we live, and move, 
and have our being; as certain also of your 
own poets have said, " For we are also his 
offspring." Forasmuch then as we are the 
offspring of God, we ought not to think that 
the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or 
stone, graven by art and man's device. 

God is a Spirit, and they that worship him 
must worship him in spirit and in truth. 

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in 
all generations. Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the 
earth and the world, even from everlasting to 
everlasting, thou art God. 

The King of kings, and Lord of lords, who 
only hath immortality, dwelling in the light 
which no man can approach unto, whom no 
man hath seen nor can see. 

HIS PRESENCE. 

Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew 
it not. This is none other but the house of 
God, and this is the gate of heaven. 

O Lord, thou hast searched me and known 
me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine 
up-rising ; thou understandest my thought afar 



4 THE LIVING WORD. 

off. Thou compassest my path and my lying- 
down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 
For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, 

Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou 
hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy 
hand upon me. Such knowledge is too won- 
derful for me ; it is high ; I cannot attain unto 
it. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or 
whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I 
ascend up into heaven, thou art there. If 

1 make my bed in the grave, behold thou art 
there. If I take the wings of the morning, 
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 
even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy 
right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely 
the darkness shall cover me, even the night 
shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness 
hideth not from thee ; but the night shineth as 
the day. The darkness and the light are both 
alike to thee. 

Thou, God, seest me. 

HIS POWER. — I. In Nature. 

The invisible things of Him from the crea- 
tion of the world are clearly seen, being un- 
derstood by the things that are made. 



god: his power in nature. 5 

In the beginning, God created the heaven 
and the earth. 

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the 
earth, and the heavens are the work of thy 
hands. 

He commanded, and they were created. 

By the word of the Lord were the heavens 
made, and all the host of them by the breath 
of his mouth. He spake, and it was done ; he 
commanded, and it stood fast. 

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he, in 
heaven, and in earth ; in the seas and all deep 
places. 

He sendeth forth his commandment upon 
earth ; his word runneth very swiftly. 

And God said, Let there be light ; and there 
was light. 

The heavens declare the glory of God, and 
the firmament showeth his handiwork. 

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who 
hath created these things, that bringeth out 
their host by number. He calleth them all by 
names by the greatness of his might, for that 
he is strong in power ; not one faileth. 

He telle th the number of the stars ; he call- 
eth them all by their names. 



6 THE LIVING WORD. 

He alone spreadeth out the heavens, and 
treadeth upon the waves of the sea ; he maketh 
Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the cham- 
bers of the south. 

He that maketh the seven stars and Orion, 
and turneth the shadow of death into the morn- 
ing, and maketh the day dark with night ; that 
calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth 
them out upon the face of the earth ; — the 
Lord is his name. 

Lo, he that formeth the mountains, and 
create th the wind, that maketh the morning 
darkness, and treadeth upon the high places 
of the earth, the Lord, the God of hosts, is his 
name. 

The sea is his, and he made it; and his 
hands formed the dry land. 

He bowed the heavens also and came down, 
and darkness was under his feet. 

The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind 
and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust 
of his feet. 

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters ; 
the God of glory thundereth. The voice of 
the Lord breaketh the cedars. 

God thundereth marvellously with his voice. 



god: his power in nature. 7 

He hath made the earth by his power; he 
hath established the world by his wisdom; 
when he uttereth his voice, there is a multi- 
tude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth 
the vapors to ascend from the ends of the 
earth ; he maketh lightnings with rain, and 
bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 

He covereth the heaven with clouds, he pre- 
pareth rain for the earth, he maketh grass to 
grow upon the mountains. 

He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth ; 
likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain 
of his strength. 

He giveth snow like wool ; he scattereth the 
hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice 
like morsels ; who can stand before his cold ? 
He sendeth out his word and melteth them ; he 
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 

Where wast thou, saith the Lord, when I 
laid the foundations of the earth, when the morn- 
ing stars sang together, and all the sons of God 
shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with 
doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but 
no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be 
stayed ? Who hath divided a watercourse for 
the overflowing of waters, to cause it to rain 



8 THE LIVING WORD. 

on the earth, where no man is ; on the wilder- 
ness, where there is no man ? Canst thou bind 
the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the 
bands of Orion ? Canst thou bring forth Maz- 
zaroth in his season, or canst thou guide A re- 
turns with his sons ? 

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, 
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in 
knowledge ? How thy garments are warm, 
when he quieteth the earth by the south wind ? 

In his hand is the soul of every living thing, 
and the breath of all mankind. 

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the 
young ravens which cry. 

For every beast of the forest is his, and the 
cattle upon a thousand hills. 

The young lions roar after their prey, and 
seek their meat from God. All wait upon 
thee, that thou mayest give them their meat 
in due season. That thou givest them, they 
gather. Thou openest thy hand, they are 
filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they 
are troubled. Thou takest away their breath, 
they die, and return to their dust. Thou send- 
est forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou 
renewest the face of the earth. 



god: his power among men. 9 

Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how 
little a portion is heard of him ? but the thun- 
der of his power who can understand ? 

God hath spoken once, twice have I heard 
this, that power belongeth unto God. 

The earth is the Lord's and the fulness 
thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 

HIS POWER. — II. Among Men. 

Who hath made man's mouth? or who 
maketh the dumb or deaf, or the seeing or 
the blind? 

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? 
He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? 

•He holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth 
not our feet to be moved. 

The Lord killeth and maketh alive ; he 
bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up. 

He maketh sore and bindeth up; he wound- 
eth and his hands make whole. 

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not 
in himself; it is not in man that walketh to 
Sirect his stdfAfc'- - 

A man's heart deviseth his way; but the 
Lord directeth his steps. 



IO THE LIVING WORD. 

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee ; 
the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen 
to nought ; he maketh the devices of the people 
of none effect. 

Promotion cometh neither from the east, 
nor from the west, nor from the south. But 
God is the judge; he putteth down one and 
setteth up another. 

Neither is he that planteth anything, neither 
he that watereth; but God that giveth the in- 
crease. 

Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, 
that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator 
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is 
weary? There is no searching of his under- 
standing. He giveth power to the faint; and 
to them that have no might, he increaseth 
strength. Even the youths shall faint and be 
weary, and the young men shall utterly fall : 
but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew 
their strength ; they shall mount up with wings 
as eagles ; they shall run and not be weary ; 
and they shall walk and not faint. 

It is God that worketh in you both to will 
and to do of his good pleasure. 



god: his wisdom and knowledge. ii 

All souls are his. 

The things which are impossible with men 
are possible with God. 

With God all things are possible. 

HIS WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works ; in 
wisdom hast thou made them all. 

Known unto God are all his works, from the 
beginning of the world. 

One day is with the Lord as a thousand 
years, and a thousand years as one day. 

He hath measured the waters in the hollow 
of his hand, and meted out heaven with the 
span, and comprehended the dust of the earth 
in a measure, and weighed the mountains in 
scales, and the hills in a balance. 

The Lord looketh from heaven; he be- 
holdeth all the sons of men. From the place 
of his habitation, he looketh upon all the 
inhabitants of the earth. He fashioneth 
their hearts alike ; he considered! all their 
works. 

His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he 
seeth all his goings. 



12 THE LIVING WORD. 

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, 
beholding the evil and the good. 

The ways of a man are before the eyes of 
the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 

Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of 
the sons of men, to give to every one accord- 
ing to his ways, and according to the fruit of 
his doings. 

Thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts 
of all the children of men. 

The Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man 
looketh on the outward appearance, but the 
Lord looketh on the heart. 

The word of God is quick, and powerful, 
and sharper than any two-edged sword, pier- 
cing even to the dividing asunder of soul and 
spirit ; and is a discerner of the thoughts and 
intents of the heart. Neither is there any 
creature that is not manifest in his sight ; 
but all things are naked and opened unto 
the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

O the depth of the riches both of the wis- 
dom and knowledge of God! how unsearch- 
able are his judgments, and his ways past find- 
ing out ! For who hath known the mind of 
the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor ? 



god: his righteousness. 13 



HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MORAL GOV- 
ERNMENT. 

There is none good but one, — that is, God. 

God is no respecter of persons, but, in every 
nation, he that feareth him and worketh right- 
eousness is accepted with him. 

Good and upright is the Lord. 

The word of the Lord is right, and all his 
works are done in truth. He loveth right- 
eousness and judgment. 

Verily there is a reward for the righteous ; 
verily he is a God that judgeth. 

The ways of the Lord are right, and the 
just shall walk in them ; but the transgressors 
shall fall therein. 

The way of the wicked is an abomination 
unto the Lord; but he loveth him that fol- 
loweth after righteousness. 

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord 
will not hear me. 

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, 
and canst not look on iniquity. 

Shall not the Judge of all the earth do 
right ? 

The Lord God is merciful and gracious, 



14 THE LIVING WORD. 

long-suffering and abundant in goodness and 
truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving 
iniquity and transgression and sin, and who 
will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and 
upon the children's children, unto the third 
and to the fourth generation. 

God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither 
the son of man, that he should repent. 

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, 
the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

There is none holy as the Lord. 

Behold God will not cast away a perfect 
man, neither will he help the evil-doers. 

Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy : thou 
renderest to every man according to his work. 

The work of a man shall he render unto 
him, and cause every man to find according 
to his ways ; yea, surely God will not do wick- 
edly, neither will the Almighty pervert judg- 
ment. 

He that doeth wrong shall receive for the 
wrong which he hath done ; and there is no 
respect of persons. 

He will render to every man according to 
his deeds: to them who by patient continu- 



god: his love. 15 

ance in well-doing seek for glory and honor 
and immortality, eternal life ; but unto them 
that are contentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation 
and wrath ; tribulation and anguish upon 
every soul of man that doeth evil ; but glory, 
honor, and peace to every man that worketh 
good ; for there is no respect of persons with 
God. 

HIS LOVE. 

The Lord is good to all, and his tender 
mercies are over all his works. 

The earth is full of the goodness of the 
Lord. 

Thou art good and doest good. 

Thou preservest man and beast. 

Thou openest thy hand and satisfiest the de- 
sire of every living thing. 

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not 
consumed, because his compassions fail not. 

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth 
up their wounds. 

How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O 
God ! therefore the children of men put their 
trust under the shadow of thy wings. 



1 6 THE LIVING WORD. 

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender 
mercy. 

He forgiveth all thine iniquities ; he healeth 
all thy diseases ; he redeemeth thy life from 
destruction ; he crowneth thee with loving- 
kindness and tender mercies. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the 
Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth 
our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. 

A certain man had two sons : And the 
younger of them said to his father, " Father, 
give me the portion of goods that falleth to 
me." And he divided unto them his living. 
And not many days after, the younger son 
gathered all together and took his journey into 
a far country, and there wasted his substance 
with riotous living. And when he had spent 
all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, 
and he began to be in want. And he went 
and joined himself to a citizen of that country; 
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 
And he would fain have filled his belly with 
the husks that the swine did eat ; and no man 
gave unto him. And when he came to him- 
self, he said, " How many hired servants of 
my father's have bread enough and to spare, 



god: his love. 17 

and I perish with hunger. I will arise and 
go to my father, and will say unto him, 
' Father, I have sinned against heaven and 
before thee, and am no more worthy to be 
called thy son : make me as one of thy hired 
servants.' " And he arose, and came to his 
father. But when he was yet a great way 
off, his father saw him, and had compassion, 
and ran, and fell on his neck and kissed him. 
And the son said unto him, " Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and 
am no more worthy to be called thy son." 
But the father said to his servants, " Bring 
forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and 
put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet ; 
and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; 
and let us eat and be merry ; for this my son 
was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and 
is found." 

Or what man is there of you, whom if his 
son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? or if 
he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If 
ye, then, being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children, how much more shall 
your Father which is in heaven give good 
things to them that ask him. 



1 8 THE LIVING WORD. 

Every good gift and every perfect gift is 
from above, and cometh down from the Fa- 
ther of Lights. 

The Lord will not cast off forever; but 
though he cause grief, yet will he have com- 
passion, according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

The Lord is not slack concerning his prom- 
ise, as some men count slackness; but is long- 
suffering to us -ward, not willing that any 
should perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

It is not the will of your Father which is in 
heaven that one of these little ones should 
perish. 

The gift of God is eternal life. 

For I am persuaded that neither death nor 
life, nor things present nor things to come, 
nor height nor depth, shall be able to separate 
us from the love of God, which is in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 

For God is Love. 



GOD : HIS HELP. 1 9 



HIS HELP. 



God is our refuge and strength, a very pres- 
ent help in trouble. 

My help cometh from the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. 

Thou art the confidence of all the ends of 
the earth, and of them that are afar off upon 
the sea. 

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and rais- 
eth up all those that be bowed down. 

We have heard with our ears, O God ; our 
fathers have told us what work thou didst in 
their days, in the times of old. 

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day 
of trouble. 

Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me. 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, 
and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in 
whom I will trust ; my buckler and my high 
tower. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation ; 
whom shall I fear ? The Lord is the strength 
of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

Though a host should encamp against me, 
my heart shall not fear. 



20 THE LIVING WORD. 

When my father and my mother forsake 
me, then the Lord will take me up. 

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of 
the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 

The Lord also will be a refuge for the op- 
pressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And 
they that know thy name will put their trust 
in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken 
them that seek thee. 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 
thou wilt revive me. 

He shall deliver thee in six troubles ; yea, 
in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he 
shall sustain thee. 

The eyes of the Lord are upon the right- 
eous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and 
delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his ser- 
vants ; and none of them that trust in him 
shall be desolate. 

The Lord is good unto them that wait for 
him, to the soul that seeketh him. 

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he 
shall direct thy paths. 



GOD I HIS PROMISES. 2 1 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call 
upon him, — to all that call upon him in 
truth. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 
broken heart, and saveth such as be of a con- 
trite spirit. 

He will teach sinners in the way. 

The Lord giveth wisdom ; out of his mouth 
cometh knowledge and understanding. 

The preparation of the heart in man, and 
the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 

Truly my soul waiteth upon God ; from him 
cometh my salvation ; he is* my defence ; I 
shall not be greatly moved. 

Our soul waiteth for the Lord ; he is our 
help and our shield. 

Wait on the Lord ; be of good courage, 
and he shall strengthen thy heart ; wait, I say, 
on the Lord. 

If God be for us, who can be against us ? 

HIS PROMISES. 

While the earth remaineth, seed-time and 
harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and 
winter, and day and night, shall not cease. 



2 2 THE LIVING WORD. 

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but 
the word of our God shall stand forever. 

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my 
words shall not pass away. 

The heavens shall vanish away like smoke, 
and the earth shall wax old like a garment, 
and they that dwell therein shall die in like 
manner ; but my salvation shall be forever, 
and my righteousness shall not be abolished. 

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow 
from heaven, and returneth not thither, but 
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth 
and bud, that it* may give seed to the sower 
and bread to the eater, so shall my word be 
that goeth forth out of my mouth. It shall 
not return unto me void, but it shall accom- 
plish that which I please, and it shall prosper 
in the thing whereto I send. it. 

I will put my law in their inward parts, and 
write it in their hearts, and will be their God, 
and they shall be my people ; and they shall 
teach no more every man his neighbor, and 
every man his brother, saying, " Know the 
Lord " ; for they shall all know me, from the 
least of them unto the greatest of them. 

And it shall come to pass in the last days, 



god: his promises. 23 

saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon 
all flesh. 

And they shall be my people, and I will be 
their God ; and I will give them one heart 
and one way, that they may fear me forever, 
for the good of them and of their children 
after them. 

And they shall beat their swords into 
ploughshares, and their spears into pruning- 
hooks ; nation shall not lift up sword against 
nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 

The earth shall be filled with, the knowl- 
edge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters 
cover the sea. 

From the rising of the sun, even unto the 
going down of the same, my name shall be 
great among the heathen, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Behold I bring you good tidings of great 
joy, which shall be to all people. 

Every valley shall be filled, and every 
mountain and hill shall be brought low ; and 
the crooked shall be made straight, and the 
rough ways shall be made smooth, and all 
flesh shal] see the salvation of God. 

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our 



24 THE LIVING WORD. 

spirit, that we are the children of God ; and 
if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and 
joint-heirs with Christ. 

Now are we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be ; but we 
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be 
like him ; for we shall see him as he is. 

The Lord will perfect that which con- 
cerned! me. 

Other sheep I have, which are not of this 
fold ; them also I must bring, and they shall 
hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold 
and one shepherd. 

As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. 

Then cometh the end, when he shall have 
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the 
Father ; that God may be all in all. 

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither 
have entered into the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for them that love 
him. 

According to his promise, we look for new 
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth 
righteousness. 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 



man: his spiritual origin. 25 

for the first heaven and the first earth were 
passed away. 

And he that sat upon the throne said, Be- 
hold, I make all things new. 

And I heard a great voice out of heaven, 
saying, " Behold the tabernacle of God is 
with men, and he will dwell with them, and 
they shall be his people, and God himself 
shall be with them, and be their God. And 
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; 
and there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow nor crying ; neither shall there be any 
more pain ; for the former things are passed 
away." 



MAN. 

HIS SPIRITUAL ORIGIN AND NATURE. 

The Lord stretcheth forth the heavens, and 
layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth 
the spirit of man within him. 

And the Lord God formed man of the dust 
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils 
the breath of life ; and man became a living 
soul. 



26 THE LIVING WORD. 

It is he that hath made us, and not we our- 
selves. 

In the day that God created man, in the 
likeness of God made he him. 

He created man in his own image. 

There is a spirit in man ; and the inspira- 
tion of the Almighty giveth them understand- 
ing. 

What is man, that thou art mindful of 
him ? Thou hast made him a little lower 
than the angels, and hast crowned him with 
glory and honor. Thou madest him to have 
dominion over the works of thy hands ; 
thou hast put all things under his feet ; all 
sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the 
field, the fowl of the air, and the fish of the 
sea, and whatsoever passeth through the 
paths of the seas. 

I will make a man (saith the Lord) more 
precious than fine gold ; even a man than the 
golden wedge of Ophir. 

Know ye not that ye are the temple of 
God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in 
you? 

Know ye not that your body is the temple 
of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye 



MAN : HIS MORAL SENSE. 2 7 

have of God, and ye are not your own ? 
Therefore glorify God in your body, and in 
your spirit, which are God's. 

Behold what manner of love the Father 
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be 
called the sons of God. 

Now are we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be. 

HIS MORAL SENSE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

The grace of God that bringeth salvation 
hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, 
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we 
should live soberly, righteously, and godly 
in this present world. 

They show the work of the law written in 
their hearts, their conscience also bearing wit- 
ness. 

For this commandment which I command 
thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, nei- 
ther is it far off. It is not in heaven that thou 
shouldst say, " Who shall go up for us to heaven, 
and bring it unto us, that we may hear it and 
do it ? " Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou 
shouldst say, " Who shall go over the sea for 



28 THE LIVING WORD. 

us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it 
and do it ? " But the word is very nigh unto 
thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that 
thou mayest do it. 

If our heart condemn us, God is greater 
than our heart, and knoweth all things. 

Every one of us shall give account of him- 
self to God. 

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him 
shall be much required. 

In every nation he that feareth God, 
and worketh righteousness, is accepted with 
him. 

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be 
accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin 
lieth at the door. 

To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth 
it not, to him it is sin. 

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The 
son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, 
neither shall the father bear the iniquity of 
the son ; the righteousness of the righteous 
shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the 
wicked shall be upon him. 

When a righteous man turneth away from 
his righteousness and committeth iniquity, 



MAN : HIS ACCOUNTABILITY. 29 

and dieth in it, — for his iniquity that he hath 
done, shall he die. Again, when the wicked 
man turneth away from his wickedness that 
he hath committed, and doeth that which 
is lawful and right, he shall save his soul 
alive. 

Let no man deceive you ; he that doeth 
righteousness is righteous. 

By their fruits ye shall know them. Not 
every one that saith unto me, " Lord, Lord," 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but 
he that doeth the will of my Father which is 
in heaven. 

If thou wilt enter into life, keep the com- 
mandments. 

Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one 
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till 
all be fulfilled. Whosoever, therefore, shall 
break one of these least commandments, and 
shall teach men so, he shall be called least in 
the kingdom of heaven ; but whosoever shall 
do and teach them, the same shall be called 
great in the kingdom of heaven. 

Strive to enter in at the strait gate. 

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall 
gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? 



30 THE LIVING WORD. 

Or what shall a man Qn V e in exchange for his 
soul ? 

God will render to every man according to 
his deeds. 



MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PRECEPTS. 

These words which I command thee this 
day shall be in thine heart, and thou shalt 
teach them diligently unto thy children, and 
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine 
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and 
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, 
and forsake not the law of thy mother. 

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that 
which is good. 

If sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy 
ways be established. Turn not to the right 
hand nor to the left ; remove thy foot from 
evil. 

Thou shalt do no murder. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 



MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PRECEPTS. 3 1 

Thou shalt not bear false witness. 

Thou shalt not covet. 

Execute true judgment, and show mercy 
and compassion, every man to his brother; and 
oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the 
stranger, nor the poor, and let none of you im- 
agine evil against his brother in your heart. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold 
him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 

Remember now thy Creator in the days of 
thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor 
the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, " I 
have no pleasure in them." 

Seek the Lord, and ye shall live. 

Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, 
and bow myself before the high God ? 

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good ; 
and what doth the Lord require of thee, but 
to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk 
humbly with thy God? 

What doth the Lord thy God require of 
thee but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in 
all his ways, and to love him ? 



THE LIVING WORD. 



For this is the love of. God, that we keep 
his commandments ; and his commandments 



are not grievous. 



Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is 
the first commandment. And the second is 
like, namely this : Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself. There is none other com- 
mandment greater than these. 

And if there be any other commandment, 
it is briefly comprehended in this saying, 
namely, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thy- 
self. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor; 
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

Pure religion and undefiled before God and 
the Father is this : To visit the fatherless and 
widows in their affliction, and to keep one's 
self unspotted from the world. 

I beseech you, therefore, by the mercies of 
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacri- 
fice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your 
reasonable service. 

Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever 
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, 
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things 



SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 33 

are lovely, whatsoever things are of good re- 
port, if there be any virtue, and if there be 
any praise, think on these things. 

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole 
matter : Fear God, and keep his command- 
ments ; for this is the whole duty of man. 
For God shall bring every work into judg- 
ment, with every secret thing, whether it be 
good or whether it be evil. 

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

Let your light so shine before men, that 
they may see your good works, and glorify 
your Father which is in heaven. 



SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 

He that doeth wrong shall receive for the 
wrong which he hath done. 

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall 
not be unpunished. 

There is no darkness nor shadow of death 
where the workers of iniquity may hide them- 
selves. 

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. 
2* c 



34 THE LIVING WORD. 

The way of transgressors is hard. 

The face of the Lord is against them that 
do evil. 

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto 
the wicked. 

Evil-doers shall be cut off: their sword shall 
enter into their own heart. 

The ungodly are like the chaff, which the 
wind driveth away. The way of the ungodly 
shall perish. 

They shall be as the morning-cloud, and as 
the early dew that passeth away ; as the chaff 
that is driven with the whirlwind out of the 
floor. 

Because I have called and ye refused, I 
have stretched out my hand and no man re- 
garded ; but ye have set at nought all my 
counsel, and would none of my reproof; 
therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their 
own way, and be filled with their own de- 
vices. 

He that, being often reproved, hardeneth 
his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that 
without remedy. 

For if we sin wilfully, after that we have 
received the knowledge of the truth, there 



SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 35 

remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a 
certain fearful looking-for of judgment, and 
fiery indignation. 

Unto them that are contentious, and do 
not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, 
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of 
man that doeth evil. 

As for me, my feet were almost gone, my 
steps had wellnigh slipped ; for I was envious 
at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of 
the wicked : — " They are not in trouble as 
other men, neither are they plagued like other 
men ; therefore pride compasseth them about 
as a chain. They set their mouth against the 
heavens, and their tongue walketh through 
the earth. And they say, ' How doth God 
know ? ' and ' Is there knowledge in the Most 
High? ' Behold, these are the ungodly, who 
prosper in the world ; they increase in riches. 
Verily, I have cleansed my heart in vain, and 
washed my hands in innocency." When I 
thought to know this, it was too painful for 
me. Until I went into the sanctuary of God; 
then understood I their end. Surely, thou 
didst set them in slippery places ; thou cast- 
edst them down into destruction. How are 



36 THE LIVING WORD. 

they brought into desolation as in a moment ! 
They are utterly consumed with terrors. 

The wicked flee when no man pursueth. 

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by 
unrighteousness. 

Every one that heareth these sayings of 
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened 
unto a foolish man who built his house upon 
the sand. And the rain descended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat 
upon that house, and it fell ; and great was the 
fall of it. 

Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of 
sin. 

The wages of sin is death. 

He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the 
flesh reap corruption. 

To be carnally minded is death. 

Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

If they break my statutes, and keep not my 
commandments, then will I visit their trans- 
gression with the rod, and their iniquity with 
stripes. Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will 
I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my 
faithfulness to fail. 



REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS. 2)7 

REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS. 

God commandeth all men everywhere to 
repent. 

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away ; 
then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot ; 
yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not 
fear ; because thou shalt forget thy misery, and 
remember it, as waters that pass away ; and 
thine age shall be clearer than the noonday. 
Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope. 

The goodness of God leadeth thee to re- 
pentance. 

Blessed is he whose transgression is for- 
given, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the 
man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, 
and in whose spirit there is no guile. I ac- 
knowledged my sin unto thee, and mine ini- 
quity have I not hid. I said, I will confess 
my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou 
forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 

There is joy in the presence of the angels 
of God over one sinner that repenteth. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; 
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
wilt not despise. 



38 THE LIVING WORD. 

Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of re- 
pentance. 

He that hath two coats, let him impart to 
him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, 
let him do likewise. 

If the wicked will turn from all his sins that 
he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, 
and do that which is lawful and right, he shall 
surely live ; he shall not die. All his trans- 
gressions that he hath committed, they shall 
not be mentioned unto him ; in his righteous- 
ness that he hath done, he shall live. 

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salva- 
tion, not to be repented of. 

I will hear what God the Lord will speak ; 
for he will speak peace unto his people and to 
his saints ; but let them not turn again to folly. 

Go, and sin no more. 



OBEDIENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 
I. WELFARE. 

Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt 
thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt 
be fed. 



OBEDIENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 39 

There is no want to them that fear him. 
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger ; 
but they that seek the Lord shall not want 
any good thing. 

Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he 
shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 
Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in 
him, and he shall bring it to pass. He shall 
bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and 
thy judgment as the noonday. 

The meek shall inherit the earth. 

A little that a righteous man hath, is better 
than the riches of many wicked. 

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, 
and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know 
that it shall be well with them that fear God. 

Seek first the kingdom of God and his right- 
eousness, and all these things shall be added 
unto you. 

II. SECURITY. 

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? 
who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? He that 
walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, 
and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that 
doeth these things shall never be moved. 



40 THE LIVING WORD. 

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, — 
that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 
Surely he shall not be moved forever. He 
shall not be afraid of evil tidings. His heart 
is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is 
established ; he shall not be afraid. 

He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall 
compass him about. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round 
about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

Because thou hast made the Lord, even the 
Most High, thy habitation, he shall give his 
angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all 
thy ways. 

Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, 
and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise 
man, who built his house upon a rock. And 
the rain descended, and the floods came, and 
the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and 
it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. 

They that trust in the Lord shall be as 
Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but 
abideth forever. 

III. WISDOM. 

Unto the upright there arise th light in the 
darkness. 



OBEDIENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 4 1 

Light is sown for the righteous, and glad- 
ness for the upright in heart. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of 
wisdom. A good understanding have all they 
that do his commandments. 

The secret of the Lord is with them that 
fear him. 

What man is he that feareth the Lord ? Him 
shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 

I have more understanding than all my 
teachers, for thy testimonies are my medita- 
tion. I understand more than the ancients, 
because I keep thy precepts. 

They that seek the Lord understand all 
things. 

If any man will do his will, he shall know 
of the doctrine. 

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall 
make you free. 

IV. PEACE. 

When he giveth quietness, who then can 
make trouble ? 

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose 
mind is stayed on thee. 

When a man's ways please the Lord, he 



42 THE LIVING WORD. 

maketh even his enemies to be at peace with 
him. 

To be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness ; for they shall be filled. 

Mark the perfect man, and behold the up- 
right ; for the end of that man is peace. 



V. GOD'S FAVOR AND ETERNAL LIFE. 

In every nation, he that feareth God and 
worketh righteousness is accepted with him. 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
way of sinners ; but his delight is in the law 
of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate 
day and night. He shall be like a tree planted 
by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its 
fruit in its season. His leaf also shall not 
wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

The steps of a good man are ordered by the 
Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Though 
he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for 
the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 

Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with 
favor wilt thou compass him, as with a shield. 



OBEDIENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 43 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? 
Or who shall stand in his holy place ? He 
that hath clean hands and a pure heart. He 
shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and 
truth unto such as keep his covenant and his 
testimonies. 

O how great is thy goodness which thou 
hast laid up for them that fear thee ! 

O, taste and see that the Lord is good ! 
Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 
and causest to approach unto thee, that he 
may dwell in thy courts. 

In thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy 
right hand there are pleasures forevermore. 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall 
see God. 

All things work together for good to them 
that love God. 

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also 
reap. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall of 
the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

God will render to every man according to 
his deeds ; to them who by patient continuance 



44 THE LIVING WORD. 

in well-doing seek for glory and honor and 
immortality, eternal life. 

Godliness is profitable unto all things ; hav- 
ing promise of the life that now is, and of that 
which is to come. 



SEEKING THE SPIRIT. 

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, 
call ye upon him while he is near. Let the 
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts ; and let him return unto 
the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; 
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

When thou saidst, " Seek ye my face," my 
heart said unto thee, " Thy face, Lord, will I 
seek." 

Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ? 

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli 
was laid down in his place, and his eyes began 
to wax dim, that he could not see, and ere the 
lamp of God went out in the temple of the 
Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel 
was laid down to sleep, that the Lord called 
Samuel ; and he answered, " Here am I." And 



SEEKING THE SPIRIT. 45 

he ran unto Eli, and said, " Here am I, for 
thou calledst me." And he said, " I called 
not; lie down again." And he went and lay- 
down. And the Lord called yet again, " Sam- 
uel." And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and 
said, " Here am I ; for thou didst call me." 
And he answered, " I called not, my son ; lie 
down again." Now Samuel did not yet know 
the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord 
yet revealed unto him. And the Lord called 
Samuel again the third time. And he arose 
and went to Eli, and said, " Here am I, for 
thou didst call me." And Eli perceived that 
the Lord had called the child. Therefore Eli 
said unto Samuel, " Go, lie down, and it shall 
be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, ' Speak, 
Lord ; for thy servant heareth.' " So Samuel 
went and lay down in his place. And the 
Lord came and stood and called as at other 
times, " Samuel, Samuel." Then Samuel an- 
swered, " Speak, for thy servant heareth." 

Stand in awe, and sin not ; commune with 
your own heart upon your bed, and be still. 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock ; if 
any man hear my voice, and open the door, I 
will come in to him. 



46 THE LIVING WORD. 

If a man love me, he will keep my words ; 
and my Father will love him, and we will come 
unto him, and make our abode with him. 

Quench not the Spirit. 

Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye 
shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto 
you. 

Ye shall seek me and find me, when ye 
shall search for me with all your heart. 

If ye, being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children, how much more shall 
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to 
them that ask him. 

As many as are led by the Spirit of God, 
they are the sons of God. 

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance. 

The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness 
and righteousness and truth. 



PRAYER. 



He that cometh to God must believe that 
he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that 
diligently seek him. 



PRAYER. 47 

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, 
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to 
thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father 
who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as 
the heathen do : for they think that they shall 
be heard for their much speaking. Be not 
ye therefore like unto them, for your Father 
knoweth what things ye have need of before 
ye ask him. After this manner, therefore, 
pray ye : — 

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from 
evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 
heavenly Father will also forgive you. 

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, 
and there rememberest that thy brother hath 
aught against thee, leave there thy gift before 
the altar, and go thy way : first be reconciled to 
thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 



48 THE LIVING WORD. 

If any man be a worshipper of God, and 
doeth his will, him God heareth. 

The eyes of the Lord are over the right- 
eous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. 

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of 
God, who giveth to all men liberally, and up- 
braideth not ; and it shall be given him. But 
let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. 

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in 
prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and 
ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened 
unto you. For every one that asketh, receiv- 
eth ; and he that seeketh, findeth ; and to him 
that knocketh, it shall be opened. If ye, 
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto 
your children, how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them 
that ask him. 

And when they had prayed, they were all 
filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the 
word of God with boldness. 

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same, 
with thanksgiving. 

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh 
to you. 



CONQUERING TEMPTATION. 49 

Pray without ceasing. 

Men ought always to pray, and not to 
faint. 



CONQUERING TEMPTATION. 

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou 
not. 

Watch and pray, lest ye enter into tempta- 
tion. 

Let him that thinketh he standeth, take 
heed lest he fall. 

Enter ye in at the strait gate. 

Let no man say, when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted 
with evil, neither tempteth he any man ; but 
every man is tempted when he is drawn away 
of his own lust, and enticed. 

God will not suffer you to be tempted above 
that ye are able ; but will, with the temptation, 
also make a way to escape, that ye may be 
able to bear it. 

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is 
like a city that is broken down, and without 
walls. 

3 D 



5<D THE LIVING WORD. 

He that ruleth his spirit is better than he 
that taketh a city. 

Blessed is the man that endureth tempta- 
tion ; for when he is tried, he shall receive the 
crown of life which the Lord hath promised 
to them that love him. 

Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her 
price is far above rubies. Favor is deceitful, 
and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth 
the Lord, she shall be praised. 

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give 
thee a crown of life. 

To him that overcometh will I give to eat 
of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the 
paradise of God. 

He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; 
and I will be his God, and he shall be my 
son. 



TRUTH AND HONESTY. 

We can do nothing against the truth, but 
for the truth. 

If a man strive for masteries, yet is he not 
crowned except he strive lawfully. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness. 



PURITY OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH. 5 1 

Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every 
man truth with his neighbor. 

Woe to him that buildeth a town with 
blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity ! 

Divers weights and divers measures, both 
of them alike are abomination to the Lord. 

Shall I count them pure with the wicked 
balances and with the bag of deceitful 
weights ? 

Prove all things ; hold fast that which is 
good. 



PURITY OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH. 

Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

Keep thyself pure. 

Flee also youthful lusts, but follow right- 
eousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that 
call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

Unto the pure all things are pure ; but unto 
them that are defiled and unbelieving is noth- 
ing pure ; but even their mind and conscience 
is defiled. 

Let no corrupt communication proceed out 
of your mouth. 



52 THE LIVING WORD. 

Let your conversation be as becometh the 
gospel of Christ. 

Let your speech be always with grace. 

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy 
heart be hasty to utter anything before God. 
For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; 
therefore let thy words be few. 

Wherefore let every man be swift to hear, 
slow to speak, slow to wrath. 

If any man among you seem to be religious, 
and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his 
own heart, this man's religion is vain. 

He that will love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, 
that they speak no guile. 

The tongue is a little member, and boasteth 
great things. Behold how great a matter a 
little fire kindleth ! Who is a wise man and 
endued with knowledge among you ? Let him 
show out of a good conversation his works 
with meekness of wisdom. 

I say unto you, that every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give account there- 
of in the day of judgment. For by thy words 
thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 
shalt be condemned. 



TEMPERANCE. 53 

Speak not evil one of another. 

Swear not at all ; neither by heaven, for it 
is God's throne ; nor by the earth, for it is 
his footstool ; neither shalt thou swear by thy 
head, because thou canst not make one hair 
white or black. But let your communication 
be " Yea, yea " ; " Nay, nay " : for whatsoever 
is more than these cometh of evil. 



TEMPERANCE. 

Be not drunk with wine ; wherein is ex- 
cess. 

Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging; 
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not 
wise. 

They have erred through wine, and through 
strong drink are out of the way ; they err in 
vision ; they stumble in judgment. 

Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who 
hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who 
hath wounds without cause ? who hath' red- 
ness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the 
wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look 
not thou upon the wine when it is red, when 



54 THE LIVING WORD. 

it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth 
itself aright. At the last it biteth like a ser- 
pent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes 
shall behold strange women, and thine heart 
shall utter perverse things ; yea, thou shalt be 
as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, 
or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 
" They have stricken me," shalt thou say, " and 
I was not sick ; they have beaten me, and I felt 
it not ; when shall I awake ? I will seek it yet 
again." 

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor 
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and mak- 
est him drunken also ! 

Be not amongst wine-bibbers. 



THE STRANGE WOMAN. 

Discretion shall preserve thee ; understand- 
ing shall keep thee ; to deliver thee from the 
strange woman, even from the stranger which 
flattereth with her words. Who forsaketh the 
guide of her youth, and forgetteth the cove- 
nant of her God. For her house inclineth 
unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 



A VIRTUOUS WOMAN. 55 

Let not thine heart decline to her ways ; go 
not astray in her paths ; for she hath cast 
down many wounded ; yea, many strong men 
have been slain by her. Her house is the 
way to hell, going down to the chambers of 
death. 

Remove thy way far from her, and come not 
nigh the door of her house ; lest thou give 
thine honor unto others, and thy years unto 
the cruel ; and thou mourn at the last, when 
thy flesh and thy body are consumed; and 
say, How have I hated instruction, and my 
heart despised reproof! 

His own iniquities shall take the wicked 
himself, and he shall be holden with the cords 
of his sins. 



A VIRTUOUS WOMAN. 

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her 
price is far above rubies. The heart of her 
husband doth safely trust in her. She will 
do him good, and not evil, all the days of her 
life. 

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh will- 
ingly with her hands. She girdeth her loins 



56 THE LIVING WORD. 

with strength, and strengthened! her arms. 
She looketh well to the ways of her household, 
and eateth not the bread of idleness. 

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; 
yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the 
needy. She openeth her mouth with wisdom, 
and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 

Strength and honor are her clothing, and 
she shall rejoice in time to come. Her chil- 
dren arise up and call her blessed; her hus- 
band, also, and he praiseth her. 

Many daughters have done virtuously, but 
thou excellest them all. Favor is deceitful, 
and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth 
the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of 
the fruit of her hands, and let her own works 
praise her in the gates. 



PARENTS AND CHILDREN. 

Take heed that ye despise not one of these 
little ones; for I say unto you that in heaven 
their angels do always behold the face of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

It is not the will of your Father which is in 



work. 57 

heaven that one of these little ones should 
perish. 

Fathers, provoke not your children to an- 
ger, lest they be discouraged. 

But bring them up in the nurture and ad- 
monition of the Lord. 

Train up a child in the way he should go, 
and when he is old he will not depart from it. 

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; 
for this is right. 

Obey your parents in all things ; for this is 
well pleasing unto the Lord. 

Honor thy father and mother. 

Even a child is known by his doings, 
whether his work be pure, and whether it be 
right. 



WORK. 

Whatsoever thy hand flndeth to do, do it 
with thy might. 

Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the 
Lord, and not unto men. 

Every tree is known by its own fruit. 

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear 
much fruit. 



58 THE LIVING WORD. 

I went by the field of the slothful, and by 
the vineyard of the man void of understand- 
ing. And lo, it was all grown over with 
thorns, and nettles had covered the face there- 
of, and the stone wall thereof was broken 
down. Then I saw and considered it well ; I 
looked upon it and received instruction. Yet 
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of 
the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come 
as one that travelleth, and thy want as an 
armed man. 

Know ye not that they which run in a race, 
all run, but one receiveth the prize ? So run 
that ye may obtain. 

The night cometh when no man can work. 

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness 
come upon you. 

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but 
let us watch and be sober. 



FAITH, COURAGE, AND ZEAL. 

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, 
the evidence of things not seen. 

In God have I put my trust ; I will not fear 
what flesh can do unto me. 



FAITH, COURAGE, AND ZEAL. 59 

Fear not (saith God), I am thy shield and 
thy exceeding great reward. 

Be not afraid of sudden fear, for the Lord 
shall be thy confidence. 

Be strong and of a good courage; for the 
Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee. 

Be thou strong, and show thyself a man. 

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of 
his might. 

Quit you like men. 

By faith Moses chose rather to suffer afflic- 
tion with the people of God, than to enjoy the 
pleasures of sin for a season. 

Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the 
Lord, and not unto men. 

It is good to be zealously affected always in 
a good thing. 

Whether it be right in the sight of God to 
hearken unto you more than unto God, judge 
ye. 

We ought to obey God rather than men. 

If God be for us, who can be against us ? 

All things are possible to him that believeth. 

Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed 
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let 
us lay aside every weight, and the sin which 



60 THE LIVING WORD. 

doth so easily beset us, and let us run with 
patience the race that is set before us. 

Forgetting those things which are behind, 
and reaching forth unto those things which 
are before, press toward the mark for the prize 
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor 
of God, that ye may be able to withstand in 
the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 
Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about 
with truth, and having on the breastplate of 
righteousness, and your feet shod with the 
preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, 
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall 
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the 
wicked. 

Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the 
world ; and this is the victory that overcometh 
the world, even our faith. 



TRUST AND CONTENT. 

I have learned in whatsoever state I am 
therewith to be content. 

Take no thought for the morrow ; for the 



TRUST AND CONTENT. 6 1 

morrow shall take thought for the things of 
itself. 

Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow 
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; 
yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are 
ye not much better than they ? 

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, 
and not one of them is forgotten before God ? 
But even the very hairs of your head are all 
numbered. Fear not, therefore ; ye are of 
more value than many sparrows. 

And why take ye thought for raiment ? 
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; 
they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I 
say unto you that even Solomon, in all his 
glory, was not arrayed like one of these. 
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the 
field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast 
into the oven, shall he not much more clothe 
you, O ye of little faith ? 

Having food and raiment, let us be there- 
with content. 

Thou art careful and troubled about many 
things ; but one thing is needful. 

Be careful for nothing ; but in everything 
by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiv- 



62 THE LIVING WORD. 

ing, let your request be made known unto 
God. 

Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, 
neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of 
the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no 
meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, 
and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet I 
will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God 
of my salvation. 

It is good that a man should both hope and 
quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 

The Lord taketh pleasure in those that hope 
in his mercy. 

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear ; 
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 

Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also 
in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord. 

Trust in him at all times. 



WISDOM: HUMAN AND DIVINE. 

Where shall wisdom be found, and where 
is the place of understanding ? It cannot 
be gotten for gold neither shall silver be 



WISDOM : HUMAN AND DIVINE. 63 

weighed for the price thereof. No mention 
shall be made of coral, or of pearls ; for the 
price of wisdom is above rubies. Behold, 
the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; and to 
depart from evil is understanding. 

Wisdom is more precious than rubies, and 
all the things thou canst desire are not to be 
compared unto her. Length of days is in her 
right hand, and in her left hand riches and 
honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
and all her paths are peace. 

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, 
and forsake not the law of thy mother; for 
they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy 
head, and chains about thy neck. 

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and 
thy foot shall not stumble. When thou liest 
down, thou shalt not be afraid. Yea, thou 
shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and 
go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass 
not by it, turn from it, and pass away. But 
the path of the just is as the shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of 
it are the issues of life. Let thine eyes look 



64 THE LIVING WORD. 

right on, and let thine eyelids look straight 
before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and 
let all thy ways be established. Turn not to 
the right hand nor to the left ; remove thy foot 
from evil. 

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son ; but 
he that is a companion of riotous men sham- 
eth his father. 

The simple believeth every word ; but the 
prudent man looketh well to his going. 

Better is little with the fear of the Lord, 
than great treasure and trouble therewith. 
Better is a dinner of herbs'where love is, than 
a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 

A good name is rather to be chosen than 
great riches, and loving favor rather than sil- 
ver and gold. 

Train up a child in the way he should 
go; and when he is old he will not depart 
from it. 

A wise son maketh a glad father ; but a 
foolish man despiseth his mother. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let 
another man praise thee, and not thine own 
mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 



HUMILITY. 65 

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and 
lean not unto thine own understanding. 

Let not the w T ise man glory in his wisdom, 
neither let the mighty man glory in his might ; 
let not the rich man glory in his riches ; but 
let him that glorieth glory in this, that he un- 
derstandeth and knoweth me, that I am the 
Lord, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, 
and righteousness in the earth. 

Let your light so shine before men, that 
they may see your good works and glorify 
your Father which is in heaven. 

Even a child is known by his doings, 
whether his work be pure, and whether it be 
right. 

Walk as children of light. 



HUMILITY. 



Blessed are the meek ; for they shall inherit 
the earth. 

Blessed are the poor in spirit ; for theirs is 
the kingdom of heaven. 

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace 
unto the humble. 



66 THE LIVING WORD. 

Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, 
and he that humbleth himself shall be ex- 
alted. 

Charge them that are rich in this world, 
that they be not high-minded. 

When thou doest thine alms, do not sound 
a trumpet before thee. 

Let nothing be done through strife or vain- 
glory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem 
other better than themselves. Look not every 
man on his own things, but every man also on 
the things of others. 

For I say, through the grace given unto 
me, to every man that is among you, not to 
think of himself more highly than he ought 
to think. 

He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord ; 
for not he that commendeth himself is ap- 
proved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 

Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom 
of God as a little child, he shall not enter 
therein. 

I thank thee, O Father, [said Jesus,] be- 
cause tbou hast hid these things from the 
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them 
unto babes. 



PUTTING AWAY WRATH. 6 J 

Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye 
are called, with all lowliness and meekness, 
with long-suffering, forbearing one another in 
love. 

God be merciful to me a sinner! 



PUTTING AWAY WRATH. 

He that is slow to anger is better than the 
mighty. 

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly. 

A wrathful man stirreth up strife ; but he 
that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 

A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but 
grievous words stir up anger. 

The wrath of man worketh not the right- 
eousness of God. 

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and 
clamor and evil-speaking be put away from 
you, with all malice. 

Be at peace among yourselves. See that 
none render evil for evil unto any man ; but 
ever follow that which is good, both, among 
yourselves, and to all men. 
• Follow peace with all men, and holi- 



68 THE LIVING WORD. 

ness, without which no man shall see the 
Lord. 

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. 

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall 
be called the children of God. 

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil 
with good. 

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in unity. 

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath ; for it is written, 
Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the 
Lord. 

The servant of the Lord must not strive ; 
but be gentle unto all men, patient, in meek- 
ness instructing those that oppose themselves. 

In malice, be ye children; but in under- 
standing, be men. 

Do all things without murmurings and dis- 
pu tings ; that ye may be blameless and harm- 
less, the sons of God, without rebuke. 

Let us therefore follow after the things 
which make for peace, and things wherewith 
one may edify another. 



i.vi 69 

I fi. that shall endure unto the end, tl 
shall be saved. 

No man, ha> ing put his hand to the pl< 
and looking ba< k, is fit for th< 

Let us not be ; for in 

due season we shall reap, it" w< faint not 

Lei patience have her perfect work. 

In your patient e 1 

Let your moderation be known unto all 1 

Behold the husbandman wait 
cious fruit of the earth, and hath loi 
for it, until he n 1 1 ive the 1 arly and I; in ; 

be ye also patient 

Therefore, be ye steadfast, um 
abounding in the- work of the I a >rd, G >rasn 
as ye know that your labor is not in vain in 
the Lord. 

This is thankworthy, it" a man for 1 
science toward God endure grief, suffering 
wrongfully. For what glory is it. if, when 
be buffeted tor your faults, ye shall take it 
tiently? Hut if, when ye d^ well, and 
for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is 
able with God. 



70 THE LIVING WORD. 

CHARITY AND FORGIVENESS. 

Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall ob- 
tain mercy. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in 
thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye ? 

All things whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye even so to them ; for 
this is the law and the prophets. 

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, 
ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in 
the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, 
lest thou also be tempted. 

If thy brother shall trespass against thee, 
go and tell him his fault between thee and 
him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast 
gained thy brother. 

If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke 
him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 

How oft shall my brother sin against me, 
and I forgive him? till seven times? — I say 
not unto thee, until seven times, but until sev- 
enty times seven. 

Put on, therefore, kindness, humbleness of 



( 11 All 

mind, meekm ss, long-suffering, forbearing i 
another, and forgiving one another, if any n 
quarrel against any. 

Above all these thi 
is the bond of i 

Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity 
envieth not ; i ha mnteth not il 

not puffed up i own, 

ily provoked, thinketh no i vil ; 
not in iniquity, but in the truth ; 

I, areth all things, believeth all thii 
all things, endureth all thinj 
faileth ; but whether th< i 
shall fail ; whether th< >hall 

cease ; whether there be knowl dj Jiall 

vanish away. 

For we know in part, and we | 
part. But when that which is | 
then that which is in part shall be doi 

When I was a i hild, I spal ild, I 

understood as a child, I thought i ! ild ; 
but when I became a man I put awaychildish 
things. For nowwe see through a irk- 

lv, but fcken \\\cc to face. Now I know in 
part, but then shall I kn n as also I am 

known. 



72 THE LIVING WORD. 

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these 
three ; but the greatest of these is charity. 



DOING GOOD TO OTHERS. 

Thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut 
thine hand from thy poor brother ; but thou 
shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and 
shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, 
in that which he wanteth. 

Withhold not good from them to whom it 
is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to 
do it. Say not unto thy neighbor, " Go, and 
come again, and to-morrow I will give," when 
thou hast it by thee. 

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute 
of daily food, and one of you say unto them, 
" Depart in peace ; be ye warmed and filled," 
notwithstanding ye give them not those things 
which are needful to the body, what doth it 
profit ? 

Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
again. 

He that giveth unto the poor shall not 
lack. 



DO! D TO 01 HI 

Freely 

Remember the words of tl 
he said, " It is more bl< $s< '1 I 
recei 

'I he Son of m; »t to h 

unto, bul i" minis! 

He tli.n soweth sparingly shall reap also 
sparingly ; and he that ntifully 

shall reap also bountifully. 1 
cording as he purpose th in 
him give ; not grudgingl; 
( iod loveth .i < li« • rful 

Rejoi< e with them that 
with them that weep. 

Be not forgetful tain sti 

remember them that are in 1>« • md 

with them ; and them whi( h ity, 

as being yourselves also in the body. 

[f thine enemy be hungry, 
to eat ; and if he be thirst him v. 

drink. 

As ye would that men should do to you 
ye also to them. 



74 THE LIVING WORD. 



LOVE. 



Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy ; 
but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to them that 
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully 
use you and persecute you ; that ye may be 
the children of your Father which is in heav- 
en. For he maketh his sun to rise on the 
evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the 
just and on the unjust. 

He that loveth not his brother, whom he 
hath seen, how can he love God, whom he 
hath not seen ? 

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, 
and there rememberest that thy brother hath 
aught against thee, leave there thy gift before 
the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled 
to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 

He that loveth his brother abideth in the 
light. 

But he that hateth his brother is in dark- 
ness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth 
not whither he goeth, because that darkness 
hath blinded his eyes/ 



75 

Wh< not right 

of < iod, i.' ithcr he that lov< th not his 

I Ie that 
and God in hint 

My little « hildn i 
m ither in t< but in deed and in truth. 

no ill ' 
the fulfilling of t! 

B I nother 

brotherly I 
other. 

Love as brethi 
not rendering e> il f! >r i ■•. il, or r 
ing, but i 

Belov( d, let us lo 

if ( ..id ; .ind < 
Of < iod and knOV 

he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in i and 

( iod in him. There is but 
perfect love i ast< tl 

This commandment hx m him, 

That he who loveth God love I ther 
also. 



76 THE LIVING WORD. 



HUMAN BROTHERHOOD. 

God hath made of one blood all nations of 
men, to dwell on all the face of the earth. 

For we are members one of another. 

As we have many members in one body, 
and all members have not the same office, so 
we, being many, are one body in Christ, and 
every one members one of another. 

The eye cannot say unto the hand, " I have 
no need of thee " ; nor again, the head to the 
feet, " I have no need of you." Whether one 
member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; 
or one member be honored, all the members 
rejoice with it. 

Look not every man on his own things, but 
every man also on the things of others. 

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil 
the law of Christ. 



SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness. 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 



it hath 

I 

\\ I. 

Will' 

whi< 

I bor not i >r th 

• | nth 

i <L 

ink, 
hill 
Spirit. 

A man's life < onsisb th n< I in th< abund 
of the things whi< h 1 th. 

It" ri< h( - i 
tin m. 

A little tli man hath. 

than the rii h< 9 

Lay in I 

re moth and i 
where thtev< - bn ale through and but 

lay up for yourseh in hea> 



78 THE LIVING WORD. 

where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
where thieves do not break through nor steal ; 
for where your treasure is, there will your 
heart be also. 

For we brought nothing into this world, and 
it is certain we can carry nothing out. 

It is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh 
profiteth nothing. 

The kingdom of God is within you. 

To be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

Howbeit, that was not first which is spirit- 
ual, but that which is natural ; and afterward 
that which is spiritual. 

The natural man receiveth not the things 
of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness 
unto him ; neither can he know them, because 
they are spiritually discerned. 

I find a law that when I would do good, evil 
is present with me ; for I delight in the law of 
God after the inward man, but I see another 
law in my members, warring against the law 
of my mind. O wretched man that I am ! 
who shall deliver me from the body of this 
death ? I thank God, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. For the law of the Spirit of life 
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the 
law of sin and death. 



Where the spirit Lord thei 

liberl 

Hen by ki in him, and 

he in us, h i au e I i 
Spirit 

H is d i vi n e ] 

tliii I pertain unto life and godlii. 

through th im that I 'led 

Us tO I 

unt( i ' and \ \ rom- 

. thai by tl of 

the divine nat 

tiou that is in the world through lu I 

B >re f! 11 >w< ra of d d. u dear 

children, and walk in 1 

The wisdom thai is from pure, 

then peai eal >le, g ntle, an< 

full of men y and ithout ; 

!id without h\j 

Be not o informed to this world 
transformed, by the ren< 
that ye may prow wh.it is that good and ac- 
ceptable and perfe< t will i 

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; 
continuing instant in pra) 

Add to your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, 



80 THE LIVING WORD. 

knowledge ; and to knowledge, temperance ; 
and to temperance, patience ; and to patience, 
godliness ; and to godliness, brotherly kind- 
ness ; and to brotherly kindness, charity. 

The end of the commandment is charity, 
out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, 
and of faith unfeigned. 

Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, 
love, patience, meekness. Fight the good 
fight of faith ; lay hold on eternal life. 

The world passeth away, and the lust there- 
of, but he that doeth the will of God abideth 
forever. - 

Godliness is profitable unto all things, hav- 
ing promise of the life that now is, and of that 
which is to come. 



DEATH. 

Is there not an appointed time to man 
upon earth ? 

As for man, his days are as grass; as a 
flower of the field, so he flourished!. For the 
wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the 
place thereof shall know it no more. 



8i 
and full of ti I 

. 

I 

and if 

1 the 
I I am. 
nothing 

and kl 

like a moth, I ara a nd a 

sojourn* 

1 [elp, I 
the Q of 

men. 

4 # r 



82 THE LIVING WORD. 

Precious, in the sight of the Lord, is the 
death of his saints. 

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 
away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 



COMFORT IN SORROW. 

When thou art in tribulation, if thou turn 
to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient 
unto his voice, he will not forsake thee. 

The eternal God is thy refuge, and under- 
neath are the everlasting arms. 

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy 
cometh in the morning. 

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing pre- 
cious seed, shall doubtless come again with 
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 

The Lord will not cast off forever ; but 

ough he cause grief, yet will he have com- 
' jassion, according to the multitude of his mer- 
cies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor 
grieve the children of men. 

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, 
and shall we not receive evil ? 



m BOM 83 

Happy is the m« 
for he mak< tli th up ; 

indeth, and 

1 1 5 of tl.< I 

neither be 

the Lord lovcth In th, even as a fat! 

the son in whom he d< lighteth. 

If ye endu with 

you as with sons ; (! 
the father 

ugh !• I he 

lien< e by tip thii 
v no < hastening (i »r tl 
to b is, but gi p von 

ward it j ieldeth the fruit of rij 

eousness unto them thai 
Blessed are they that m< 
omfort< 

all things arc for your that the 

abundant grace might, through the thai 
ing of many, redound to the glory of G 
] : ov which cause we faint not ; 1 

outward man perish, yet the inward I 

renewed day by day. 1 our light at" 
which is but for a moment, worketh for us a 

far more exceeding and eternal weight of 



84 THE LIVING WORD. 

glory ; while we look not at the things which 
are seen, but at the things which are not seen. 
For the things which are seen are temporal ; 
but the things which are not seen are eternal. 

For I reckon that the sufferings of this pres- 
ent time are not worthy to be compared with 
the glory that shall be revealed in us. 

There remaineth therefore a rest to the 
people of God. 



IMMORTAL LIFE. 

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it 
was ; and the spirit shall return unto God, who 
gave it. 

God will redeem my soul from the power of 
the grave. 

For we know that if our earthly house of 
this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a build- 
ing of God, an house not made with hands, 
eternal in the heavens. 

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, 
have ye not read that which was spoken unto 
you by God, saying, I am the God of Abra- 
ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of 



85 
I of the dead, 

I unto him. 

[t is -<>■'. n i ncor- 

ruption ; il I in 

glory ; it i i in 

er; il i 

spiritual I im- 

of the li« .1 

h and 

i ; ii- itl in- 

( orruption. F01 i 1 i- o uruptibl 
int orruption, and im- 

mortality. 

I he w< >i Id and th 

of; but he thai 

Ion ' 

all things, hav- 
ing promise of the life thai that 
which is t< 1 

In my Father's h 
it" it wen I ild lm\ 

To-day shall thou be with n 

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
from henceforth. Yi it ; that 



86 THE LIVING WORD. 

they may rest from their labors ; and their 
works do follow them. 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more ; neither shall the sun light on 
them, nor any heat. 

And God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, 
neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there 
be any more pain ; for the former things are 
passed away. 

And there shall be no night there ; and 
they need no candle, neither light of the sun ; 
for the Lord God giveth them light. 

Now we see through a glass, darkly ; but 
then face to face. Now I know in part, but 
then shall I know even as also I am known. 



THE SPIRIT OF JESUS. 
HIS OBEDIENCE. 

And the child grew, and waxed strong in 
spirit, filled with wisdom ; and the grace of 
God was upon him. 

He went down with his parents, and was 



Till 87 

man. 
'1 hough h( 
dien the things whi< h 1 • 

that we should folio* I no 

sin, neithei -'h. 

I [4 v is in .ill poil arc, 

MIL 



1 it, rc- 

turned I by th< 

into the wild< 
of the devil. 

And the de\ il said unto him, ' u be 

the S| >n "i ( < I, 1 mmand this that it 

he made bread." 

And Jesus ai 1 him, It is 

written, ' Man shall not live by bi 
lnit by r\ ery word < >i ! 

And the devil, taking him up int< 
mountain, showed unto him all die kingdoms 
of the worl3 in a mom< at 1 £ tin 

And the devil said unto him, "All this 



88 THE LIVING WORD. 

power will I give thee, and the glory of them ; 
for that is delivered unto me, and to whom- 
soever I will, I give it. If thou therefore wilt 
worship me, all shall be thine." 

And Jesus answered and said unto him, 
" Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, 
' Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and 
him only shalt thou serve.' " 

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set 
him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto 
him, " If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down from hence ; for it is written, ' He shall 
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee ; 
and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest 
at any time thou dash thy foot against a 
stone.' " 

And Jesus, answering, said unto him, " It is 
said, * Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy 
God.' " 

And when the devil had ended all the temp- 
tation, he departed from him for a season. 

And behold, angels came and ministered 
unto him. 

And Jesus returned in the power of the 
Spirit into Galilee. 

He was in all points tempted like as we are, 
yet 'without sin. 



'III! 

[f any man will i n 7 

hims< If, and take up hi 
me. 

In the world ye shall h ut 

be of good ( heer, I h 

When ird up the loin d ; 

be . .uhI hope to tin- end for th< 

that is i" be br< ught unl 
tion of Jesus CI 

Thou, thi lure hardm 

Boldier of I ( 

I 
and by whom are all things, in brio 
sons unto gloi 
salvation p through 

We se< I little 1- 

than the angels, for th g of d 

crowned with glory and 

Who, for the joy that v. him, 

endured the i spising the shame, an 

set down at the right hand of the th. 
God. 

HIS PAITHFUl NESS TO HIS If] 

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, be 
he hath anointed me to preach th 



90 THE LIVING WORD. 

the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken- 
hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives 
and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at 
liberty them that are bruised, to preach the 
acceptable year of the Lord. 

I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

To this end was I born, and for this cause 
came I into the world, that I should bear wit- 
ness unto the truth. 

My kingdom is not of this world. 

My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent 
me. 

The Father which sent me, he gave me a 
commandment what I should say, and what I 
should speak. 

And I know that his commandment is life 
everlasting; whatsoever I speak, therefore, 
even as the Father said unto me, so I 
speak. 

My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 

Wist ye not that I must be about my Fa- 
ther's business ? 

I must work the works of him that sent me, 
while it is day. 

I have a baptism to be baptized with, and 
how am I straitened till it be accomplished. 



nn 9* 

II! WILL. 

[ nine 

1 will, but the will of him that sent n 

I vn will, but the will of the 

Father whi< h hath » nt 1 

M i :,. do the will of him tl I 

me, and to finish his work 

Father, if thou be willinj cup 

from me ; neverth( y will, but thine, 

In- done. 

And tl I an angel unto him, 

from heav< 11. strength ning him. 

I Jesus ai 
hour is come, tl f man should 

be glorified. • and 

what shall I 

hour? ' But for thi 1 unto this 

hour. Father, glorify thy name." 

HIS PATH 

Bless them that cui .. and pi them 

which despitefully use you. And unto him 
that smiteth thee on the 

the otlur. 

The high-priest asked iples, 



92 THE LIVING WORD. 

and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, " I 
spake openly to the world, and in secret have 
I said nothing. Why askest thou me ? Ask 
them which heard me, what I have said unto 
them. Behold, they know what I said." And 
when he had thus spoken, one of the officers 
which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of 
his hand, saying, " Answerest thou the high- 
priest so ? " Jesus answered him, " If I have 
spoken evil, bear witness of the evil ; but if 
well, why smitest thou me ? " 

And the men that held Jesus mocked him 
and smote him. And when they had blind- 
folded him, they struck him on the face. 

And when they were come to the place which 
is called Calvary, there they crucified him. 
Then said Jesus, " Father, forgive them, for 
they know not what they do." 

When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; 
when he suffered, he threatened not ; but com- 
mitted himself to him that judgeth righteously. 

Put on, therefore, kindness, long-suffering, 
forbearing one another, and forgiving one 
another. Even as Christ forgave you, so also 
do ye. 

For God sent not his Son into the world to 



iiM 93 

lemn tl Id, but thai tl 



He went about 
with him. 

1 1, hath done .ill tl 
both the d( af to 1 nd the dumb to 

[< 
and sh< 

hear and - e ; the blind n 
and the lame walk, I 

and ill'- d( .it' h( ar, tl 
the poor ha 

'i'li,- Son of man is and to 

save th.it whi< h is lost 

And he said unto them, "What man 
there be amoi 

an 1 it" it fall into a pit on th 
will he not lay hold on it. and lift 
I low much, then, is a m; than a 

sheep ? n 

Whosoever shall . drink unto one of 

these little on 



94 THE LIVING WORD. 

the name of a disciple, verily I say unto yoa, 
he shall in no wise lose his reward. 

The Son of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister. 

Himself took our infirmities, and bare our 
sicknesses. 

Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he 
became poor, that ye, through his poverty, 
might be rich. 

We, then, that are strong, ought to bear the 
infirmities of the weak, and not to please our- 
selves. For even Christ pleased not himself. 

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil 
the law of Christ. 



HIS SYMPATHY WITH GOODNESS. 

Whosoever shall do the will of my Father 
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, 
and sister, and mother. 

Suffer little children, and forbid them not, 
to come unto me ; for of such is the kingdom 
of heaven. 

Whosoever shall receive one of such chil- 
dren in my name receiveth me ; and whosoever 
shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him 
that sent me. 



II!! 
I! I WITH 

And v. h( nhi 
•■•(1 into .1 mow 

And h< i ui, tinned all night ii 
God. 

I am not alone, b Father is with 

mc 

I (hank thei . ( » I ■ and 

Luse thou hast hid I 
the wise and prud< at, an I hast 
unto bal 

I [oly Father, k< < p through thin< name 

those whom thou h that tl 

may be one, as w 

through thy truth. And for I i 1 

sanctify myself! that tl 
Red through the truth. N 
these alone but for them also whi h shall 
lieve on me through their word; that they all 
may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I 
in thee, that they also may be one in us: that 
the world may believe that thou hat me, 

( ) my Eather, it" it be possible, let this 
pass from me; nevertheless, net a- I will, but 
as thou wilt. 



96 THE LIVING WORD. 

Father, forgive them ; for they know not 
what they do. 

Father, into thy hands I commend my 
spirit. 

Truly this was the Son of God. 



FOLLOWING AFTER THE SPIRIT OF 
JESUS. 

The dayspring from on high hath visited 
us, to give light to them that sit in darkness 
and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet 
into the way of peace. 

God, who commanded the light to shine out 
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give 
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, 
in the face of Jesus Christ. 

It is written in the prophets, And they shall 
be all taught of God. Every man, therefore, 
that hath heard and hath learned of the 
Father, cometh unto me. 

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are 
heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. For 
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ ; 



] 01 i "v . 97 

for it is the ] f ( rod unto valval 

ne thai i th. 

'I I)-- law of the Spirit 
hath made me fn e from th 
death. 

1 1)*- life \\lii< h I now live in h, I live 

the faith of the Sun , • i 

[f any man be in I is a n< 

ture ; old thii hold all 

things are be( w. 

i he love of ( hrisl - 1 nst 

We, being many, arc on< in Ghri 

When thou art ien thy 

brethren. 

thou an example of tl. 
word, in conversation, in i !. •. in 

faith, in purity, 

In all things showing thyself a pal 
good works. 

If ye suffer for righti .ppy 

are ye ; for Christ also hath 
for sins, the just fur the unjust, that he mi 
bring us to ( '>od. 

Speaking the truth in hue may w. up 

into him, in all things, which is the head. 

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, 

5 G 



98 THE LIVING WORD. 






and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto 
a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature 
of the fulness of Christ. 

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our 
spirit, that we are the children of God : and if 
children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint- 
heirs with Christ. 

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and 
it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but 
we know that, when he shall appear, we shall 
be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. 

For we all, with open face beholding as in a 
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into 
the same image from glory to glory, even as 
by the Spirit of the Lord. 

And every man that hath this hope in him 
purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 



PRAYER AND PRAISE. 
ASCRIPTION OF GREATNESS. 

Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; thou hast 
made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all 
their host, the earth and all things that are 



I I AMI: A' 99 

therein, th< I all th 

thou | I the h 

I 

the Lord glor the 

Lord the glory du< 

Who is like unto the Lord who 

humbleth him» If to b hold the things that are 
in heaven, and in ( h? 

The Lord 
Th( ! 
wherewith he hath girded Kii 
also not be : 



Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-plat 
all generations. I the m< 

brought forth, or ever then hadst f the 

earth and the world, even from 
everlasting, thou art ( kxL A tl 
in thy sight are but when : - 

past, and as a watch in the night 

( >f old hast thou laid th< f the 

earth, and the heavens are the \\< thy 

hands. They shall perish, but thuu shall 



IOO THE LIVING WORD. 

dure. Yea, all of them shall wax old like a 
garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, 
and they shall be changed ; but thou art the 
same, and thy years shall have no end. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom ; 
and thy dominion endureth throughout all 
generations. 



THE WONDERS OF HIS CREATION. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord, my 
God, thou art very great; thou art clothed 
with honor and majesty. Who coverest thy- 
self with light as with a garment ; who stretchi- 
est out the heavens like a curtain : who layeth 
the beams of his chambers in the waters ; who 
maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh 
upon the wings, of the wind. Who maketh 
his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire ; 
who laid the foundations of the earth, that it 
should not be removed forever. 

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a 
garment ; the waters stood above the moun- 
tains. At thy rebuke they fled ; at the voice 
of thy thunder they hasted away. They go 
up by the mountains ; they go down by the 



IOI 

valleys unto the ; tid- 

ed for Hi : • rilOUl 'Unci tl: 

:. that they turn in 
rth. 

[ n his 1 
the str< ilk is 1 

is his, and he ma 
the i '1. 

'I hou 1: rth ; 

thou ha ' summer and wii I 

I hou 1 d the light and the Min. 

I [e ap] . the 

sun lenoweth his g< in] 

The li< av< ns d and 

the firman handiwork. I 

unto day utten th and night u 

night sheweth ' 
nor language wh< re th< i 
Their line i- gone out through all tin- earth, 
and their words I 
them hath he s< I a tab n 
which is a- .i brid 

chamber, and • run 

a race. His going forth is from the i 
the heaven, ami hi- i ircuit unto ; 

and there is nothing hid from the heat thei 



102 THE LIVING WORD. 

The day is thine ; the night also is thine. 

Thou makest darkness and it is night, where- 
in all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek 
their meat from God. The sun ariseth ; they 
gather themselves together, and lay them 
down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his 
work and to his labor until the evening. 



THE SOURCE OF LIFE. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in 
wisdom hast thou made them all. The earth 
is full of thy riches ; so is this great and wide 
sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, 
both small and great beasts. 

With thee is the fountain of life. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou 
givest them their meat in due season. Thou 
openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of 
every living thing. 

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, 
which run among the hills. They give drink 
to every beast of the field ; the wild asses 
quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls 
of the heaven have their habitation, which sing 



103 

anion- the branches. 1 1 

from his i hambers; the i arth is satisfied with 

the fruit of thy wo ■ ■ 

grow for th( and herb for the - 

of man, that he may bri 
the earth. 

That thou gives! tin i ; 

openest thine hand; tl '»od. 

Thou hides! thj 

Thou takes! away their breath; tl, and 

return to their dust 'I :ln ln >' 

spirit ; they arc I, and thou n 

the (ml> of the earth. The 

shall endure forever, The Lord shall 

in his works. 



thanks FOR HUKAM U 

O, come, let us worship and bow down; let 

ns kneel before the Lord cur maker. For he 
is our God, and we are the people of his | 
hire and the sheep of hi- hand 

Know ye that the Lord he is God It is he 
that hath made ns, and not we ourselves. We 
are his people, and the sheep of his pastui 

He setteth the solitary in femili 



104 THE LIVING WORD. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
into his courts with praise. Be thankful unto 
him, and bless his name. 

Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy 
name in all the earth ! who hast set thy glory 
above the heavens. When I consider thy 
heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon 
and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what 
is man, that thou art mindful of him ? And the 
son of man, that thou visitest him ? For thou 
hast made him a little lower than the angels, 
and hast crowned him with glory and honor. 

Thou madest him to have dominion over 
the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all 
things under his feet ; all sheep and oxen, yea, 
and the beasts of the field ; the fowl of the air, 
and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth 
through the paths of the seas. O Lord, our 
Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the 
earth ! 

• 

PROTECTING PROVIDENCE. 

1 remember the days of old. I meditate on 
all thy works. I muse on the work of thy 
hands. 

I will open my mouth in a parable : I will 



io 5 

utter da 
and 1 

Will II' »l - (v<>u\ I 

to the 
the Lord, and his th, and :ful 

wort j that he hat 1 

I u !. whi< h ! 

. should make th< m Ico hil- 

dren ; that th< 
them, even th< child hould 1 

who should arise and <!• m to tl 

children ; that tl. 
( tod, and 

( >ur fath< ■ 
and thou didst deliver them. 1 
thee, and wi re d< li 
and wen 

We have heard with i i . our 

fathers have t( Id us, wh; I I in 

their days, In the tin 

( )ne generation shall \ 
another, and shall ighty a 

I will lift up mine i the hills, f 

whence cometh my help. My help con 

5* 



106 THE LIVING WORD. 

from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He 
that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold 
he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber 
nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper; the 
Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The 
sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon 
by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from 
all evil ; he shall preserve thy soul. The 
Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in, from this time forth and even for- 
evermore. 

Except the Lord build the house, they labor 
in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep 
the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 
He giveth his beloved sleep. 



THANKS FOR DELIVERANCE. 

O, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ; 
for his mercy endureth forever. Let the re- 
deemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath re- 
deemed from the hand of the enemy, and gath- 
ered them out of the lands, from the east, and 
from the west, from the north, and from the 
south. They wandered in the wilderness in a 



I I w I I AND : 107 

solitary way ; they found no well in. 

I [ungry and thirsty, their 

'I l.< 11 they ( tied unto the Lord in their troul 

and he del 

And he led tin m forth 1 

they might go to ; f habitation. O that 

men would praise the I »ord 

and for his wonderful works to the < hil( I 

men I For he 

fillcth the hunj il \\ ith • 

They that go dom n to tin that 

do business in gi the 

works of the Lord, and his wonders in the 
deep. For he o ■■ 1 1 and 1 

stormy wind, whit li lifteth Up tin 

of. They mount up to tin 
down again to the depths ; tin ir g Nil is m< Ited 
be< ause of trouble* They n and 

stagger like a drunken man. and are at their 
wits' end. Then they 1 ry unto tin 1 rd in 
their trouble, and he bringeth them out « t" 
their distresses. I le maketh the storm a calm, 
so that the waves thereof are stilL Then arc 
they glgd because they be quiet ; so he bri 
eth them unto their desired haven. 

O that men would praise the Lord for his 



108 THE LIVING WORD. 

goodness, and for his wonderful works to the 
children of men ! 

He turneth the wilderness into a standing 
water, and dry ground into water-springs. And 
there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they 
may prepare a city for habitation, and sow 
the fields and plant vineyards, which may yield 
fruits of increase. He blesseth them also, so 
that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth 
not their cattle to decrease. He setteth the 
poor on high from affliction, and maketh him 
families like a flock. 

I waited patiently for the Lord, and he in- 
clined unto me and heard my cry. He brought 
me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the 
miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and 
established my goings. And he hath put a 
new song in my mouth, even praise unto our 
God. 

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful 
works, which thou hast done, and thy thoughts 
which are to us-ward. They cannot be reck- 
oned up in order unto thee ; if I would declare 
and speak of them, they are more than can be 
numbered. 

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us 



•.•,•1 k AND Hti 109 

I • •' I 

ail( l ] 1( . heard d nae from all 

I the 1 
d him, and bim out of all 

troul 

'I he Lord ht me 

forth ;iN" into .1 1 irg | I 

In the day wh 11 I cried, tl 
and st 
my bouL 

I [ove the Lord, ] Hath heard my 

md my Bup] I 

iiu lined his ( ar unto m< tl will 1 

upon him as 1 
death compass 
held upon me ; I found 1 
Then called I upon the name of th< 1 
44 O Lord, I I uL" 

Gracious is the Lord, and right 
Cod is m< n ifuL 1 he Lord | th the 

simple; 1 was brought low, and be hel] 

Return unto thy 1 

hath dealt bountifully with thee For thou 

hast delivered my soul fron 

from tears, and my I >m (ailing. I will 

walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 



IIO THE LIVING WORD. 

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his 
benefits toward me ? I will pay my vows unto 
the Lord now, in the presence of all his people. 



THANKS FOR GUIDANCE. 

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me 
counsel. I have set the Lord always before 
me ; because he is at my right hand, I shall 
not be moved. 

My mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips, 
when I remember thee upon my bed, and 
meditate on thee in the night-watches. Be- 
cause thou hast been my help, therefore in 
the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My 
soul followeth hard after thee ; thy right hand 
upholdeth me. 

I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in 
the night, and have kept thy law. I thought 
on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy tes- 
timonies. At midnight I will rise to give 
thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous 
judgments. Before I was afflicted, I went 
astray, but now have I kept thy word. It is 
good for me that I have been afflicted, that I 
might learn thy statutes. Unless thy law had 



PR 1 1 r 

been n Id then ha-. hed 

in mine affli< ti >n. I v. ill i 

\ ith them tho me. 

III.: I of all 

mandm i i 

thj lav I Ii i :i all th( 

I .mi < ontinually with thee ; thou h 
en me b) m) right hand Thou shalt guide 
me with th 
■ 

Dl ''A*. 

My God, i G ;. why hast tl 
me P I ( v\ in the day-ti 
not ; and in the night am not 

silent. 

() that I knew where I might find him! 
that I might < om( »uld 

order my cause before him, and fill my mouth 
with argument 

I [ear my cry, God; atten my 

prayer. From the end of the earth will I 
unto tine, when my heart 
lead me CD the rock that Is higher than I. 

Be merciful unto me, O G •■'.. 
unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee. Y 



112 THE LIVING WORD. 

in the shadow of thy wings will I make my 
refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 

Will the Lord cast off forever ; and will he 
be favorable no more ? Hath God forgotten 
to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his 
tender mercies ? 

My tears have been my meat, day and night, 
while they continually say unto me, " Where 
is thy God ? " When I remember these 
things, I pour out my soul in me. Why art 
thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou 
disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for I 
shall yet praise him for the help of his coun- 
tenance. 

O my God, my soul is cast down within 
me. Deep calleth unto deep, at the noise of 
thy water-spouts ; all thy waves and thy bil- 
lows are gone over me. Yet the Lord will 
command his loving-kindness in the day-time, 
and in the night his song shall be with me, 
and my prayer unto the God of my life. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and 
why art thou disquieted within me ? Hope 
thou in God ; for I shall yet praise him who 
is the health of my countenance and my 
God. 



1 13 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; 
whom shall I fear P 1 h< 1 .ord is tl 1 
of my life; of whom shall I be afrai 

Though a host should en< amp against me, 
my heart shall not tear; though v aid 

rise against me, in this will I be confident 

( )nc thing ha ,l f the Lord, that 

will I seek after, — that I may dwell in the 
house of the Lord all th< 1 >f my life . 

behold the beauty of the land and to inq 
in his temple, 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me 

in his pa\ ilion ; in tl n his tabern.. 

shall In- hide me ; Ik- shall set me 
rock. 

I had Fainted, unless I had believed t 

the goodness of the laud, in the land of the 

living. Wait <>n the Lord; be of goo 
age, and he shall strengthen thy heart. \\ 
I say, on the land. 

God is our refuge and strength, a v< 
ent help m trouble. Therefore will not we t 
though the earth be removed, and though the 
mountains be carried into the midst of the s 



I 1 4 THE LIVING WORD. 

though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, 
though the mountains shake with the swelling 
thereof. 

The Lord God is a sun and shield ; the 
Lord will give grace and glory ; no good thing 
will he withhold from them that walk upright- 
ly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that 
trusteth in thee. 

My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my 
expectation is from him. He only is my rock 
and my salvation ; he is my defence ; I shall 
not be moved. In God is my salvation and 
my glory ; the rock of my strength and my 
refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, 
ye people. Pour out your heart before him ; 
God is a refuge for us. 



FOR FORGIVENESS. 

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O 
Lord. 

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to 
thy loving-kindness ; according unto the mul- 
titude of thy tender mercies, blot out my trans- 
gressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine 
iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin ; for I 



1 T 5 
nc know] :mcl m Y si: 

I ginned, and don< this i vil in thy sight 

I 1 pardon mine 

taiquil 

I, t hou, Lord, - I mark iniquities, O 

with thee, that thou 
R, mber, O Lor ' tl nd 

R :ln ' 

nor mytrai 

thou 11 
I ird. 

Hide tli • 

mine iniquiti 

O Gi d, and i a right spirit within 

( a me not from thy | and 

take not thy holy spirit fr 

unto me tl n ' an(1 U P' 

me with thy free spirit 1 n thou 

my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy 

praise. For thou desin 

would 1 give it. Tl 

broken spirit; a broken and a contrite h 

Co,\. thou wilt not despise. 



Il6 THE LIVING WORD. 

I wait for the Lord ; my soul doth wait, and 
in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for 
the Lord more than they that watch for the 
morning ; I say, more than they that watch 
for the morning. 



THE MERCY OF GOD. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is 
within me bless his holy name. Bless the 
Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his bene- 
fits ; who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who 
healeth all thy diseases ; who redeemeth thy 
life from destruction ; who crowneth thee with 
loving-kindness and tender mercies. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so 
great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath 
he removed our transgressions from us. Like 
as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth 
our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. 

As for man, his days are as grass ; as a 
flower of the field, so he flourisheth ; for the 



i i 7 

wind pass* tli over it, and it :hc 

place thereof shall 

m, r < 5 oi the Lord is fron isting I 

upon them ar him, and hia 

childn n's children, I 

,1 to those th • m- 

1„ )■ his < ommandi 

Bless the Lord, in 

strength, that do his < ommandm< 

untotl - ,l B 

Lord, all yehish< 
do hispleasur t! I 

in ;i ii places of his dominion. B 

( ) my soul. 

The Lord Is my shepherd ; I shall mt 

He maketh me to lie down in [ 
tures; In- leadeth me beside the still 
IK. restore* my soul; he I in the 

paths of righteousni 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: t 
a,t with me; thy rod and thy , tan they com- 

fort me. 
Thou prepares! a tabic before me in the 



Il8 THE LIVING WORD. 

presence of mine enemies : thou anointest my 
head with oil ; my cup runneth over. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me 
all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the 
house of the Lord forever. 



GOD'S BLESSING ON THE RIGHTEOUS. 

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness 
thereof ; the world, and they that dwell therein ; 
for he hath founded it upon the seas, and 
established it upon the floods. Who shall 
ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall 
stand in his holy place ? He that hath clean 
hands and a pure heart ; who hath not lifted 
up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, 
and righteousness from the God of his salva- 
tion. 

THE SECURITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the 
Most High shall abide under the shadow of 
the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He 
is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in 
him will I trust." 



I 

Surely he shall d m the snare 

of the I and from t 1 

1 1 shall ( over I 
under his wings shall thou trust His truth 

shall be tli I and bll 

Thou shall 

v that flieth I 

nor for th Iketh in dark- 

-, nor for the n that wasteth at 

\ th< 11 at t; 

and ten t' ight hand ; hut it 

shall not i igh th( with thine 

the wi< ked 

• thou I d. whi 

my • 

their shall n«» i", il h« fall tl (hall 

any pla| h thy dw< Uinj . 

shall give his i 

thee in all thy way-. I ! up 

in their hands, lest thou dash tl 
a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and 
adder; the young lion and tin n shalt 

thou trample und< r u 

BecaUSe hr hath set his love upon nv 
fore will I deliver him ; I will set him on high 



120 THE LIVING WORD. 

because he hath known my name. He shall 
call upon me, and I will answer him. I will 
be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him and 
honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, 
and show him my salvation. 



PRAYER FOR WISDOM. 

Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 
Show me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy 
paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me ; 
for thou art the God of my salvation : on thee 
do I wait all the day. 

O that my ways were directed to keep thy 
statutes. Then shall I not be ashamed, when 
I have respect to all thy commandments. 
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his 
way ? By taking heed thereto according to 
thy word. 

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold 
wondrous things out of thy law. Make me 
to go in the path of thy commandments, for 
therein do I delight. So shall I keep thy law 
continually ; and I will walk at liberty. 

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a 
light unto my path. The entrance of thy 



121 

words 

unto the >im| 
i 

iniquity have dominion over mc. 

i I I 

lcindn< 
< 
.. I ■ 
i 
the land of upright ' • ° 

Lord, for I 



O Lord, thou h 1C and I 

me. Thou lei incl 

mine up-rising; thou ui 

thought ai *th 

and my I' I n. and 'ith 

all my I r tl 

t 01 , I Lord, tl U knov Ito- 

getht i. Thou hasl I ehind and 

ore, and laid thy band up 
knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is 
1 cannot attain unto it. Whithershall I go 
from thy Spirit? or whither shall I :'. from 
6 



122 THE LIVING WORD. 

thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, 
thou art there. If I make my bed in the 
grave, behold thou art there. If I take the 
wings of the morning and dwell in the utter- 
most parts of the sea, even there shall thy 
hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold 
me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover 
me, even the night shall be light about me. 
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but 
the night shineth as the day. The darkness 
and the light are both alike to thee. 

Search me, O God, and know my heart ; 
try me, and know my thoughts. And see if 
there be any wicked way in me, and lead me 
in the way everlasting. 



DEVOUT LOVE. 

O God, thou art my God, early will I seek 
thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh 
longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, 
where no water is. Because thy loving-kind- 
ness is better than life, my lips shall praise 
thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live ; I 
will lift up my hands in thy name. My mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips, when I re- 



nber th( e i 

in the i 
As the 1 
bo panto th ' ' ' God. 

I '. for tl I >d. 

j [ thy tin ' unto mc, O 

I 
should i ount I in nllI: 

than the sand Wh( a 1 J 

will) tl. 

Whom ! I in I ' anc * 

there is none upon • arth thai l 
thee. M) '■' fb and mj 
the strength of my 1 lor " 

r. 

one thing have I 
thai will [seek after; tl I I iwell in the 

hou the L rd .ill the d my lid 

behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire 
in his tcnq>k-. 



My vqfce shall thou hear in the morning. 
O Lord; in the morning will I din 
prayer unto thee, and will I 



124 THE LIVING WORD. 

I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for 
the Lord sustained me. 

O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek 
thee ; my soul thirsteth for thee. My mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips, when I re- 
member thee upon my bed, and meditate on 
thee in the night-watches. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is 
fixed ; I will sing and give praise. Awake, 
psaltery and harp ! I myself will awake early. 
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the peo- 
ple. 

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath 
spoken, and called the earth, from the rising 
of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out 
of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath 
shined. 

Lord, lift thou up the light of thy counte- 
nance upon us. 

O, send out thy light and thy truth; let 
them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy 
holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 



R and tra: 1-5 

ITS. 

I to us 

with 1)' 

'I },,. me in mt 

plao 

I will 1 

t ; I will : > all tl >us 

works. I will I 

will ')' nan lou Most 

High. 

'I hou wilt sh< &&■ In 

thy pn Al '• 

hand th< re are pi 

I will bl< js the L 
shall ( ontinually be in my mouth. 

( ), magnify th I with me, and fa I 

It his n 

\\ hile I live will I | 
sing praises unto m; while I have any 

being. 

1 will extol thee, mj kin-, ai 

will bless thy name (i 
day will I bless thee, and 1 will thy 

name for ever and l 



126 THE LIVING WORD. 



THANKS FOR RAIN. 



Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion, who 
art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, 
and of them that are afar off upon the sea. 

Who by his strength setteth fast the moun- 
tains, being girded with power; who stilleth 
the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, 
and the tumult of the people. They also that 
dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy 
tokens ; thou makest the outgoings of the 
morning and evening to rejoice. 

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it ; 
thou greatly enrichest it with the river of 
God, which is full of water. Thou preparest 
them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly. 
Thou settlest the furrows thereof. Thou mak- 
est it soft with showers. Thou blessest the 
springing thereof. Thou crownest the year 
with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness. 

They drop upon the pastures of the wilder- 
ness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. 
The pastures are clothed with flocks. The 
valleys also are covered over with corn. They 
shout for joy ; they also sing. 



127 

'II I 

I [ e •• rubiin trth 

'1. 

The fl< ods 1 Lord the 

floods hav( lii 

Hit up their ■• j on ] 

i htiertl 
than the n 

Tl I 

the God i thundereth; the 1 

upon man 
His lightnin 

The ; 

voice of tl I 
voice of the 1 
the Lord bi 
non. Tl : ' l ll divideth the 

eth the wilder lhc 

flood; yea, th< I 

GodUjDurref ..th, a \ 

ent help in trouble. Thei 
fear though the earth be 



128 THE LIVING WORD. 

the mountains be carried into the midst of the 
sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be 
troubled ; though the mountains shake with 
the swelling thereof. 

The Lord will give strength unto his people ; 
the Lord will bless his people with peace. 

The Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice. 
Clouds and darkness are round about him ; 
righteousness and judgment are the habitation 
of his throne. 

THANKFUL PRAISE. 

O, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ; 
for his mercy endureth forever. 

O, give thanks unto the God of gods ; O, 
give thanks to the Lord of lords. 

To him who alone doeth great wonders ; 

To him that by wisdom made the heavens ; 

To him that stretched out the earth above 
the waters ; 

To him that made great lights ; 

The sun to rule by day, 

The moon and stars to rule by night ; 

To him that led his people through the wil- 
derness ; 

Who remembered us in our low estate ; 



Wl th food i" all fl( 

his i ireth fi 



HIP. 

O, si I 

unto th< I d, all tl. the 

Lord, bl< M hi 

from d 

( ), worship the Lord in I 

Mm. all ' th. 

- 
cih, th that 

ii shall n«'t 1- 1. 1 1« -hall judge the 

people right 

I : the h< 
be glad ; L< I the * a n or, and the full 
then 

Let the fi< Id be joyful, and all that is there- 
in ; then shall all the t ree s of th 
before tin- 1 ,< >rd, 

For he i ometh, for h the 

earth. He shall judge the world with 
eousness, and the people with his truth. 

6* i 



I30 THE LIVING WORD. 

PRAISE FROM ALL PEOPLE. 

The Lord is in his holy temple ; let all the 
earth keep silence before him. 

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion ; 
and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O 
thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all 
flesh come. 

God be merciful unto us and bless us, and 
cause his face to shine upon us. That thy 
way may be known upon earth, thy saving 
health among all nations. Let the people 
praise thee, O God; let all the people praise 
thee. O, let the nations be glad, and sing for 
joy; for thou shalt judge the people right- 
eously, and govern the nations upon earth. 
Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the 
people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield 
her increase, and God, even our own God, 
shall bless us. God shall bless us, and all the 
ends of the earth shall fear him. 

PRAISE FROM ALL NATURE. 

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord 
from the heavens. Praise him in the heights. 
Praise ye him, all his angels. Praise ye him, 






all his ;n an ^ 

praise him, all 
ye heaven of I 
above the h< 

Lei them | 
he command< d, and I 
hath also established I 
I [e hath m 

Praise the Loi 
and all deeps ; fire and hail ; and va| 

stormy wind fulfilling his word; mount 
and all hills ; fruitful I nd all i 

beasts and all i attl< ; and fly- 

fowl ; kings of the i arth and all | 

princes and all jud LTth ; 1 

young men and maidens, old men and chil- 
dren ; lei them praise the i ime < f th 1 
for Ins name alone is ex< i llent ; I 
above the earth and 1 
Praise ye the Lord. 



praise WITH Ml 
Praise ye the Lord Praise God in his 

sanctuary. Praise him in the firma: his 

power. 



132 THE LIVING WORD. 

Praise him for his mighty acts ; praise him 
according to his excellent greatness. 

Praise the Lord with harp ; sing unto him 
with the psaltery and an instrument of ten 
strings ; sing unto him a new song ; play skil- 
fully with a loud noise. For the word of the 
Lord is right, and all his works are done in 
truth. 

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; 
praise him with the psaltery and harp. 

Praise him with the timbrel and dance ; 
praise him with stringed instruments and or- 
gans. 

Praise him upon the loud cymbals ; praise 
him upon the high-sounding cymbals. 

Let everything that hath breath praise the 
Lord. 

Praise ye the Lord. 



GLORY IN THE HIGHEST. 

Glory to God in the highest ; and on earth 
peace, good-will to men: 

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory 
and honor and power ; for thou hast created 
all things. 



Hallelujah! Sal 
and unto th< L 

thai i< ar him, both small i 
Hallelujah! I 

• 1 1 1 

BENEDICTS 

The Lord bl » tl ' hc 

Lord make hi 

1 un- 

ipon thee, and 
I i rd our I with i 

with our fath I him 

The Lord will • fr unt °* 

pie; the Lord will bl 

from the dead our Lord 
Shepherd of the sh 

everj g Iwork to do his will, working in 

that which is well-pl< 

And the peace of God, whi th all 

understanding, keep your hearts and minds 
through Christ J< 



INDEX. 



v 



I 

In linn 

Know. 

( »| I. mi. 



I 

Eph. I 

I 

: 



, m hath, i | 



that 

. ■ 



i 
I 

. i. 15. 



Hit t 

SmcK 



3 < u rd. tl 

4 Thou, l •■• L l 



4 The Invisible, 
s in the, 

5 He, 

5 \\ hat - 

5 Me »< ndeth. 

5 An.! I 

5 rhe h< ■ 

i up v.-ur. 

c He telleth, 
(. He alone. 

He that. 



I 
I 
Pa. kxj 

I 

v 11. 15. 

L I. 

\1. 26. 

Pa , \ivii. 4- 



9 1 

>th. 

9 Tl < 

9 Who h.ith. 

rth. 

rd. 
9 O 1 

10 1 

I \ 

11 All l 
tl 1 '■ 

II With G 



I 

N 
I 

I 

10. 

i 

! 

I I. 
; 
I 
I 

IO. 

10. 

1 

1 



136 



INDEX. 



His Wisdom and Knowledge. 



Page 

11 O Lord. 

1 1 Known unto. 

1 1 One day is. 

11 He hath. 

1 1 The Lord. 

11 His eyes are. 

12 The eyes of. 
12 The ways of. 
12 Thine eyes. 
12 Thou even. 
12 The Lord. 
12 The word. 
12 O the depth. 



Reference 

Ps. civ. 24. 
Acts xv. 18. 
2 Pet. iii. 8. 
Isaiah xl. 12. 
Ps. xxxiii. 13. 
Job xxxiv. 21. 
Prov. xv. 3. 
Prov. v. 21. 
Jer. xxxii. 19. 
I Kings viii. 39. 
1 Sam. xvi. 7. 
Hebr. iv. 12. 
Rom. xi. 33. 



His Righteousness and Moral Gov- 
ern me? it. 



13 There is none. 
13 God is no. 
13 Good and. 
13 The word of. 
13 Verily, there. 
13 The ways of. 
13 The way of. 
13 If I regard. 
13 Thou art of. 
13 Shall not. 

13 The Lord. 

14 God is not. 
14 The counsel. 
14 There is none. 
14 Behold God. 
14 Unto thee. 

14 The work of. 
14 He that. 
14 He will. 



Mark x. 18. 
Acts x. 34. 
Ps. xxv. 8. 
Ps. xxxiii. 4. 
Ps. lviii. 11. 
Hos. xiv. 9. 
Prov. xv. 9. 
Ps. Ixvi. 18. 
Hab. i. 13. 
Gen. xviii. 25. 
Ex. xxxiv. 6. 
Num. xxiii. 19. 
Ps. xxxiii. 11. 
1 Sam. ii. 2. 
Job viii. 20. 
Ps. lxii. 12. 
Job xxxiv. 11. 
Col. iii. 25. 
Rom. ii. 6. 



His Love. 
15 The Lord is. Ps. cxlv. 9. 



15 The earth is. 
15 Thou art. 
15 Thou. 



Ps. xxxiii. 5. 
Ps. cxix. 68. 
Ps. xxxvi. 6. 



15 Thou openest. Ps. cxlv. 16. 



15 It is of the. 
15 He healeth. 

15 How. 

16 The Lord is. 
16 He forgiveth. 



Lam. 111. 22. 
Ps. cxlvii. 3. 
Ps. xxxvi. 7. 
Jam. v. 11. 
Ps. ciii. 3. 



Page 

16 Like as a. 

16 A certain. 

17 Or what man. 

18 Every good. 
18 The Lord. 
18 The Lord is. 
18 It is not the. 
18 The gift of. 
18 For I am. 

18 For God is. 



Reference 

Ps. ciii. 13. 
Luke xv. 11. 
Matth. vii. 9. 
Jam. i. 17. 
Lam. iii. 31. 
2 Pet. iii. 9. 
Matth. xviii. 14. 
Rom. vi. 23. 
Rom. viii. 38. 
1 John iv. 8. 



His Help. 
19 God is our. Ps. xlvi. 1. 
19 My help. 
19 Thou art the. 
19 The Lord. 



We have. 

The Lord is. 

Thou, O. 

The Lord is. 

The Lord is. 

Though a. 
20 When my. 
20 A father "of. 
20 The Lord. 
20 Though I. 
20 He shall. 
20 Cast thy. 
20 The eyes of. 
20 The Lord. 
20 The Lord is. 

20 In all thy. 

21 The Lord is. 
21 The Lord is. 
21 He will teach. 
21 The Lord. 

21 The. 
21 Truly my. 
21 Our soul. 
21 Wait on the. 
21 If God be for. 



10. 
5- 



Ps. cxxi. 2. 
Ps. lxv. 5. 
Ps. cxlv. 14. 
Ps. xliv. 1. 
Nahum i. 7. 
Ps. iii. 3. 
Ps. xviii. 2. 
Ps. xxvii. 1. 
Ps. xxvii. 3. 
Ps. xxvii 
Ps. Ixviii 
Ps. ix. 9. 
Ps. cxxxviii. 
Job v. 19. 
Ps. Iv. 22. 
Ps. xxxiv. 15 
Ps. xxxiv. 22. 
Lam. iii. 25. 
Prov. iii. 6. 
Ps. cxlv. 18. 
Ps. xxxiv. 18. 
Ps. xxv. 8. 
Prov. ii. 6. 
Prov. xvi. 1. 
Ps. lxii. 1. 
Ps. xxxiii. 20. 
Ps. xxvii. 14. 
Rom. viii. 31. 



17- 



His Promises. 



21 W r hile the. 

22 The grass. 
22 Heaven and. 
22 The heavens. 
22 For as the. 
22 I will put. 



Gen. viii. 22. 
Isaiah xl. 8. 
Matth. xxiv. 35. 
Isaiah li. 6. 
Isaiah lv. 10. 
Jer. xxxi. S3- 






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INDEX. 



Page 

34 Because I. 
34 He that. 

34 For if we sin. 

35 Unto them. 

35 As for me. 

36 The wicked. 
36 Woe unto. 
36 Every one. 
36 Whosoever. 
36 The wages. 
36 He that. 

36 To be. 

36 Sin when it is. 

36 If they break. 



Reference 

Prov. i. 24. 
Prov. xxix. 1. 
Heb. x. 26. 
Rom. ii. 8. 
Ps. lxxiii. 2. 
Prov. xxviii. 1. 
Jere. xxii. 13. 
Matth. vii. 26. 
John viii. 34. 
Rom. vi. 23. 
Gal. vi. 8. 
Rom. viii. 6. 
Jam. i. 15. 
Ps. lxxxix. 31. 



Repentance and Forgiveness. 



37 God. 

37 If iniquity. 

37 The goodness. 

37 Blessed is he. 

37 There is joy. 

37 The sacrifices. 

38 Bring forth. 
38 He that hath. 
38 If the wicked. 
38 Godly sorrow. 
38 I will hear. 
38 Go and. 



Acts xvii. 30. 
Job xi. 14. 
Rom. ii. 4. 
Ps. xxxii. 1. 
Luke xv. 
Ps. Ii. 17. 
Luke iii. < 
Luke iii. 
Ez. xviii. 
2 Cor. vii. 10. 
Ps. lxxxv. 8. 
John viii. 11. 

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quences. 

I. Welfare. 

38 Trust in the. Ps. xxxvii. 3. 

39 There is no. Ps. xxxiv. 9. 
39 Delight. Ps. xxxvii. 4. 
39 The meek. Ps. xxxvii. 11. 
39 A little that. Ps. xxxvii. 16. 
39 Though a. Eccl. viii. 12. 
39 Seek first. Matth. vi. 33. 

II. Security. 

39 Lord, who. Ps. xv. 1. 

40 Blessed is the. Ps. cxii. 1. 
40 He that. Ps. xxxii. 10. 
40 The angel. Ps. xxxiv. 7. 
40 Because thou. Ps. xci. 9. 

40 Whosoever. Matth. vii. 24. 
40 They that. Ps. cxxv. 1. 



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41 Light is. 

41 The fear of. 
41 The secret. 
41 What man. 
41 I have more. 
41 They that. 
41 If any. 
41 Ye shall. 



Reference 

Ps. cxii. 4. 
Ps. xcvii. 11. 
Ps. cxi. 10. 
Ps. xxv. 14. 
Ps. xxv. 12. 
Ps. cxix. 99. 
Prov. xxviii. 5. 
John vii. 17. 
John viii. 32. 



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41 When he. 
41 Thou wilt. 

41 When a. 

42 To be. 

42 Blessed are. 
42 Mark the. 



Job xxxiv. 29. 
Isaiah xxvi. 3. 
Prov. xvi. 7. 
Rom. viii. 6. 
Matth. v. 6. 
Ps. xxxvii. 37. 



V. God's Favor and Eternal Life. 



42 In every. 

42 Blessed is the. 

42 The steps. 

42 Thou Lord. 

43 Who shall. 
43 All the paths. 
43 O how great. 
43 O, taste and. 
43 Blessed is the. 
43 In thy. 

43 Blessed are. 

43 All things. 

43 Whatsoever. 

43 God will. 

44 Godliness. 



Acts x. 35. 
Ps. i. 1. 
Ps. xxxvii. 23. 
Ps. v. 12. 
Ps. xxiv. 3. 
Ps. xxv. 10. 
Ps. xxxi. 19. 
Ps. xxxiv. 8. 
Ps. lxv. 4. 
Ps. xvi. 11. 
Matth. v. 8. 
Rom. viii. 28. 
Gal. vi. 7. 
Rom. ii. 6. 
1 Tim. iv. 8. 



Seeking the Spirit. 



44 Seek ye. 
44 When thou. 
44 Lord, what. 

44 And it came. 

45 Stand in awe. 

45 Behold I. 

46 If a man. 
46 Quench not. 
46 Ask, and it. 
46 Ye shall seek. 
46 If ye, being. 
46 As many as. 



Isaiah lv. 6. 
Ps. xxvii. 8. 
Acts ix. 6. 
1 Sam. iii. 2. 
Ps. iv. 4. 
Rev. iii. 20. 
John xiv. 23. 
1 Thess. v. 19. 
Matth. vii. 7. 
Jer. xxix. 13. 
Luke xi. 13. 
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57 Herein is. 

58 I went by. 
58 Know ye. 
58 The night. 
58 Walk while. 
58 Therefore let. 



Reference 
John XV. 8. 
Prov. xxiv. 30. 
1 Cor. ix. 24. 
John ix. 4. 
John xii. 35. 
1 Thess. v. 6. 



Faith, Courage, and Zeal. 



58 Faith is. 

58 In God. 

59 Fear not. 
59 Be not. 
59 Be strong. 
59 Be thou. 
59 Be strong. 
59 Quit you. 
59 By faith. 

59 Whatsoever. 
59 It is good. 
59 Whether it. 
59 We ought. 
59 If God be. 
59 AH things. 

59 Wherefore. 

60 Forgetting. 
60 Wherefore. 
60 Whatsoever. 



Heb. xi. 1. 
Ps. lvi. 4. 
Gen. xv. 1. 
Prov. iii. 25. 
Deut. xxxi. 6. 
1 Kings ii. 2. 
Eph. vi. 10. 
I Cor. xvi. 13. 
Heb. xi. 24. 
Coloss. iii. 23. 
Gal. iv. 18. 
Acts iv. 19. 
Acts v. 29. 
Rom. viii. 31. 
Mark ix. 23. 
Heb. xii. I. 
Phil. iii. 13. 
Eph. vi. 13. 
1 John v. 4. 



Trust and Content. 



60 I have. 

60 Take no. 

61 Behold the. 
61 Are not five. 
61 And why. 

61 Having food. 
61 Thou art. 

61 Be careful. 

62 Although the. 
62 It is good. 
62 The Lord. 
62 For God. 

62 Commit. 
62 Blessed is. 
62 Trust in. 



Phil. iv. 11. 
Matth. vi. 34. 
Matth. vi. 26. 
Luke xii. 6. 
Matth. vi. 28. 

1 Tim. vi. 8. 
Luke x. 41. 
Phil. iv. 6. 
Hab. iii. 17. 
Lam. iii. 26. 
Ps. cxlvii. 11. 

2 Tim. i. 7. 
Ps. xxxvii. 5. 
Jer. xvii. 7. 
Ps. lxii. 8. 



Wisdom. 

62 Where shall. 

63 Wisdom is. 
63 My son. 



Job xxviii. u 
Prov. iii. 15. 
Prov. i. 8. 



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63 Then shalt. 
63 Enter not. 

63 Keep thy. 

64 Whoso. 

64 The simple. 
64 Better is. 
64 A good name. 
64 Train up. 
64 A wise son. 

64 Boast not. 

65 Trust in the. 
65 Let not the. 
65 Let your. 

65 Even a. 
65 Walk as. 



Reference 

Prov. iii. 23. 
Prov. iv. 14. 
Prov. iv. 23. 
Prov. xxviii. 7. 
Prov. xiv. 15. 
Prov. xv. 16. 
Prov. xxii. 1. 
Prov. xxii. 6. 
Prov. xv. 20. 
Prov. xxvii. 1. 
Prov. iii. 5. 
Jer. ix. 23. 
Matth. v. 16. 
Prov. xx. 11. 
Eph. v. 8. 



Humility. 



65 Blessed are. 
65 Blessed are. 

65 God resisteth. 

66 Whosoever. 
66 Charge them. 
66 When thou. 
66 Let nothing. 
66 For I say. 

66 He that. 
66 Whosoever. 

66 I thank thee. 

67 Walk worthy. 
67 God be. 



Matth. v. 5. 
Matth. v. 3. 
Jam. iv. 6. 
Luke xiv. 1 1. 

1 Tim. vi. 17. 
Matth. vi. 2. 
Phil. ii. 3. 
Rom. xii. 3. 

2 Cor. x. 17. 
Mark x. 15. 
Matth. xi. 25. 
Eph. iv. 1. 
Luke xviii. 13. 



Putting away Wrath. 



67 He that is. 

67 He that is. 

67 A wrathful. 

67 A soft. 

67 The wrath. 

67 Let all. 

67 Be at peace. 

67 Follow peace. 

68 Let not. 

68 Blessed are. 
68 Be not. 
68 Behold. 
68 Dearly. 
68 The servant. 
68 In malice. 
68 Do all. 
68 Let us. 



Prov. xvi. 32. 
Prov. xiv. 17. 
Prov. xv. 18. 
Prov. xv. 1. 
Jam. i. 20. 
Eph. iv. 31. 

1 Thess. v. 13. 
Heb. xii. 14. 
Eph. iv. 26. 
Matth. v. 9. 
Rom. xii. 21. 
Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 
Rom. xii. 19. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. 

1 Cor. xiv. 20. 
Phil. ii. 14. 
Rom. xiv. 19. 



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Death. 

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80 Is there not. Job vii. 1. 

80 As for man. Ps. ciii. 15. 

81 Man that is. Job xiv. 1. 
81 For what. Jam. iv. 14. 
81 Thou turnest. Ps. xc. 3. 

81 Lord, make. Ps. xxxix. 4, 

81 Help, Lord. Ps. xii. 1. 

82 Precious. Ps. cxvi. 15. 
82 The Lord. Job i. 21. 

Comfort in Sorrow. 



82 When thou. 
82 The eternal. 
82 Weeping. 
82 They that. 
82 The Lord. 

82 Shall we. 

83 Happy is. 
83 Despise not. 
83 If ye. 

83 Though. 
83 Now no. 
83 Blessed are. 

83 For all. 

84 For I. 
84 There. 



Deut. iv. 30. 
Deut. xxxiii. 27. 
Ps. xxx. 5. 
Ps. cxxvi. 5. 
Lam. iii. 31. 
Job ii. 10. 
Job v. 17. 
Prov. iii. 11. 
Heb. xii. 7. 
Heb. v. 8. 
Fleb. xii. 11. 
Matth. v. 4. 
2 Cor. iv. 15. 
Rom. viii. 18. 
Heb. iv. 9. 



Immortal Life. 



84 Then shall. 

84 God will. 

84 For we know. 

84 But as. 

85 For all. 
85 It is sown. 
85 Flesh and. 
85 The world. 
85 Godliness. 
85 In my. 

85 To-day shalt. 

85 Blessed are. 

86 They shall. 
86 And God. 
86 And there. 
86 Now we see. 

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Eccl. xii. 7. 
Ps. xlix. 15. 
2 Cor. v. 1. 
Matth. xxii. 31. 
Luke xx. 38. 
1 Cor. xv. 42. 
1 Cor. xv. 50. 
1 John ii. 17. 
1 Tim. iv. 8. 
John xiv. 2. 
Luke xxiii. 43. 
Rev. xiv. 13. 
Rev. vii. 16. 
Rev. xxi. 4. 
Rev. xxii. 5. 
I Cor. xiii. 12. 



Spirit of Jesus. — 
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86 And the child. Luke ii. 40. 



His 



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86 He went. Luke ii. 51. 

87 Though he. Heb. v. 8. 
87 Christ. I Pet. ii. 21. 
87 He was. Heb. iv. 15. 



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His Overcoming Te7iiptation. 
And Jesus. Luke iv. 1 - 13. 



And behold. 
And Jesus. 
He was in. 
If any man. 



Matth iv. 11. 
Luke iv. 14. 
Heb. iv. 15. 
Matth. xvi. 24. 



In the world. John xvi. 33. 
Wherefore. 1 Pet. i. 13. 
Thou. 2 Tim. ii. 3. 

For it became. Heb. ii. 10. 
We see. Heb. ii. 9. 

Who, for the. Heb. xii. 2. 



His Faithfulness to his Mission. 



89 The Spirit. 

90 I am not. 
90 To this end. 
90 My kingdom. 
90 My doctrine. 
90 The Father. 
90 And I know. 
90 My Father. 
90 Wist ye. 

90 I must. 
90 I have. 



Luke iv. 18. 
Matth. v. 17. 
John xviii. 37. 
John xviii. 36. 
John vii. 16. 
John xii. 49. 
John xii. 50. 
John v. 17. 
Luke ii. 49. 
John ix. 4. 
Luke xii. 50. 



His Following God's Will. 
91 I came down. John vi. 38. 



91 I seek. 
91 My meat. 
91 Father, if. 
91 And there. 
91 And Jesus. 



John v. 30. 
John iv. 34. 
Luke xxii. 42. 
Luke xxii. 43. 
John xii. 23-28. 



His Patience and Forgiveness. 

91 Bless them. Luke vi. 28. 

91 The high. John xviii. 19-23. 

92 And the men. Luke xxii. 63. 
92 And when. Luke xxiii. 33. . 
92 When he was. 1 Pet. ii. 23. 

92 Put on. Coloss. iii. 12. 

92 For God sent. John iii. 17. 









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Page Reference 

106 O give. Ps. cvii. i. 

107 They that. Ps. cvii. 23. 

107 O that. Ps cvii. 31. 

108 He turneth. Ps. cvii. 35. 
108 I waited. Ps. xl. I. 
108 Many, O. Ps. xl. 5. 

108 O magnify. Ps. xxxiv. 3. 

109 The Lord. Ps. xviii. 18. 
109 In the day. Ps. cxxxviii. 3. 
109 I love. Ps. cxvi. 1-9, 

12, 14. 

Thanks for Guidance. 

no I will. Ps. xvi. 7. 

no My mouth. Ps. lxiii. 5. 
no I have. Ps. cxix. 55, 59, 

62, 67, 71, 92, 96. 
in I am. Ps. lxxiii. 23. 

Desiring Co?nfort in Sorrow. 

in My God. Ps. xxii. 1. 

in O that. Job xxiii. 3. 

in Hear my. Ps. lxi 1. 

in Be merciful. Ps. lvii. 1. 

112 Will the. Ps. lxxvii. 7. 

112 My tears. Ps. xlii. 3. 

112 O my God. Ps. xlii. 6. 

112 Why art. Ps. xlii. 11. 

Faith and Confidence. 

113 The Lord. Ps. xxvii. 1. 
113 Though an. Ps. xxvii. 3. 
113 One thing. Ps. xxvii. 4. 
113 I had. Ps. xxvii. 13. 

113 God is. Ps. xlvi 1. 

114 The Lord. Ps. lxxxiv. 11. 
1 14 My soul. Ps. lxii. 5-8. 

For Forgiveness. 

114 Out of. Ps. cxxx. 1. 

114 Have mercy. Ps. li. 1. 

115 For thy. Ps. xxv. 11. 
115 If thou. Ps. cxxx. 3. 
115 Remember. Ps. xxv. 6. 

115 Hide thy. Ps. li. 9-12, 16, 

116 I wait. Ps. cxxx. 5. 



The Mercy of God. 

Page Reference 

116 Bless the. Ps. ciii. 1. 

116 He hath. Ps. ciii. 10. 

116 As for man. Ps. ciii. 15. 

117 Bless the. Ps. ciii. 20. 

Trust. 

117 The Lord is. Ps. xxiii. 
God's Blessing on the Righteous. 

118 The earth. Ps. xxiv. 1-5. 
The Security of the Righteous. 

118 He that. Ps. xci. 

Prayer for Wisdom. 
120 Unto thee. Ps. xxv. 1. 
120 O that. Ps. cxix. 5, 6, 9, 

120 Open thou. Ps. cxix. 18, 35 

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120 Thy word. Ps. cxix. 105 

130 

121 Order my. Ps. cxix. 133 

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121 Cause me. Ps. cxliii. 8, 10, 
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121 O Lord. Ps.cxxxix.i-12. 

122 Search me. Ps. cxxxix. 23. 

Devout Love. 

122 O God. Ps. lxiii. 1-6. 

123 As the. Ps. xlii. 1. 

123 How. Ps. cxxxix. 17. 

123 Whom have. Ps. lxxiii. 25. 
123 One thing. Ps. xxvii. 4. 

Morning Devotion. 

123 My voice. Ps. v. 3. 

124 I laid. Ps. hi. 5. 
124 O God. Ps. lxiii. I. 
124 My heart. Ps. lvii. 7. 
124 The mighty. Ps. 1. 2. 
124 Lord, lift. Ps. iv. 6. 

124 O send. Ps. xliii. 3. 

Praise for Daily Benefits. 

125 Blessed be. Ps. lxviii. 19. 
125 The lines. Ps. xvi. 6. 
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